Alocasia heterophylla
| Alocasia heterophylla | |
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| Alocasia heterophylla in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Alocasia |
| Species: | A. heterophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Alocasia heterophylla (
Merr. | |
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Alocasia heterophylla is a plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, and Polillo in the Philippines.[1]
Description
A. heterophylla grows to around 50 centimetres (1.6 ft) tall. It usually bears around 3 to 5 leaves. The
peltate (the inner margins of the back lobes are fused together behind the petiole attachment), shallowly peltate, or non-peltate. The leaves range in size from 20 to 27 centimetres (7.9 to 10.6 in) long. The leaf margins are entire or shallowly sinuate (wavy).[2][3]
A. heterophylla is very similar to spathe, and a conspicuously broader submarginal vein at the leaf margins. Both A. ramosii and A. boyceana are also always non-peltate, while A. heterophylla can sometimes have peltate leaves in mature specimens.[2]
Habitat
Alocasia heterophylla are restricted to limestone-rich areas of the islands of
above sea level.[3]
See also
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References
- ^ a b "Alocasia heterophylla (C.Presl) Merr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ a b Hay, A (1999). "The genus Alocasia (Araceae-Colocasieae) in the Philippines". The Garden's Bulletin, Singapore. 51 (4): 1–41.
- ^ a b Medecilo, Melanie P.; Madulid, Domingo A. (2013). "A Review of the Taxonomy and Taxonomic Characters of Philippine Alocasia (Schott) G. Don (Araceae)". Philippine Journal of Science. 142 (3): 145–157.