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Accession Data:

Remusatia vivipara (Lodd.) Schott

  • Common Name: Hitchhiker Elephant Ear
  • Family: Araceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Himalayas and India
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Tuberous aroid from which arises leaves and simple upright stems bearing scale- leaves in the axils of which are bulbils covered with hooked cataphylls, which serve to disperse them when mature.
  • USDA Zone: 7b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200000044
  • Source: Brian Williams
  • Accession Date: 07-07-2000
  • Bench: 1220 - AUS:East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 08-22-2017

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araceae
  • SubFamily: Aroideae
  • Tribe: Colocasieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Sierra Leone / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Zaire / Ethiopia / Socotra / Tanzania / Zambia / Madagascar / Oman / Yemen / China South-Central / Tibet / Taiwan / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Christmas I. / Northern Territory / Queensland

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:39:54 -0400

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  • Amorphophallus titanum
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  • Amorphophallus titanum W/C
  • Amorphophallus titanum W/C
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Tribe Potheae

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W/C = Wild Collected
- indicates flowering in past 10 days
- images available for this accession
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