TACCACEAE - Tacca leontopetaloides 
 
TAXONOMY: Magnoliophyta, Liliopsida, Liliidae, Liliales.
	    Taccaceae, Tacca Family

PLANT NAME:    Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze 
TROPICOS #:    03100010
PUBLICATION:   Rev. Gen. Bot. 2: 704. 1891. 
JOUR/BOOK ID:  L02814
ANNOTATION:    as "Leontopetalodes"

BASIONYM:      Leontice leontopetaloides L. 
TROPICOS #:    03500247
PUBLICATION:   Sp. Pl. 1: 313. 1753.
JOUR/BOOK ID:  L01071
 
TYPE LOCALITY: "India."
COLLECTOR:     sine leg. 
HERBARIUM:     T: herb. non desig.

CITED IN:      B001671 - ORSTOM, 1988; B008486 - Drenth, E., 1972. 

PROJECT DISTRIBUTION:  United States, Africa, Madagascar. 

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Botanical comments: George E. Schatz/schatz@mobot.org

Technical comments: Alan V. Tucker/tucker@mobot.org