Xanthosoma sagittifolium

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Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Species Distribution Map
Family:ARACEAE
Species:Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
Common Name:Arrowleaf Elephant's Ear
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Native to new world tropics.
Taxonomic Notes:This species was first collected in Alabama by Howard Horne in 2011.
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyARACEAE - Arum family
Genus Xanthosoma
Species Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott - Arrowleaf Elephant's Ear

Citation

Citation XANTHOSOMA SAGITTIFOLIUM (Linnaeus) Schott, in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 19. 1832.
Basionym: Arum sagittifolium Linnaeus 1753.
Type: JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica Nat. Hist. 2: t. 106(2). 1725). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Monocot. 398. 1979.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Arum sagittifolium Arum sagittifolium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 966. 1753. TYPE: JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica Nat. Hist. 2: t. 106(2). 1725). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Monocot. 398. 1979.
Caladium sagittifolium Caladium sagittifolium (Linnaeus) Ventenat, Mag. Encycl. 4: 471. 1801; Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 2: 351. 1801; J. Bot. (Schrader) 4: 319. 1801.BASIONYM: Arum sagittifolium Linnaeus 1753. 
Xanthosoma atrovirens Xanthosoma atrovirens K. Koch & Bouche, Index Sem. Hort. Bot. Berol. 1854(App.): 3. 1855, nom. illegit.BASIONYM: Arum sagittifolium Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Coffee, Geneva, Mobile, Montgomery

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0031688 Baldwin 30 Sep 2015 Horne, Howard E.
3030		 UWAL
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Linnaeus) Schott
ALNHS00003664 Baldwin 9 Dec 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2111		 ALNHS
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
UWAL0039168 Geneva 27 Jul 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28421		 UWAL
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
TROY000049865 Montgomery 23 Jul 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29360		 TROY
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
TROY000048211 Coffee 09 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28631		 TROY
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
UWAL0049993 Coffee 09 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28631		 UWAL
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
AMAL00004577 Mobile 02 Oct 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1233		 AMAL
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
TROY000047012 Geneva 27 Jul 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28421		 TROY
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
ALNHS00002377 Mobile 02 Oct 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1233		 ALNHS
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
UWAL0016983 Mobile 17 Sep 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2395		 UWAL
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
UWAL0049930 Montgomery 23 Jul 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29360		 UWAL
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
AMAL00019492 Mobile 08 Oct 2011 Horne, Howard E.
1704		 AMAL
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Linnaeus) Schott
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