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Tacca leontopetaloides  (L.) Kuntze
Taxonomic Serial No.: 43334

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tacca involucrata Schumach. & Thonn.
  
    Tacca pinnatifida J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
  
    Leontice leontopetaloides L.
  
    Tacca hawaiiensis H. Lipmr.
  
    Tacca littorea Rumph.
  
    Tacca oceanica Nutt.
  
    Tacca pinnatifida ssp. minor H. Lipmr.
  
  Common Name(s): Polynesian arrowroot [English]
  
    batflower [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderDioscoreales   
                            FamilyTaccaceae   
                               GenusTacca J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. – tacca  
                                  SpeciesTacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze – Polynesian arrowroot, batflower  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, 2023, database (version 2023-)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Wagner, W. L. and N. R. Khan. 2023-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/ [date accessed: February 24, 2023]   
  Reference for: Tacca leontopetaloides   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Tacca leontopetaloides   
       
  Source: Taccaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Tacca leontopetaloides   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Tacca leontopetaloides   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Tacca leontopetaloides   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Yeng, Wong Sin, and Chua Kek Shen  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogeny of Tacca (Taccaceae) and traits in reproductive structures, with description of a new Bornean species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biodiversitas, vol. 20, no. 11   
  Page(s): 3096-3118   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2085-4722   
  Notes: doi: 10.13057/biodiv/d201102   
  Reference for: Tacca leontopetaloides   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Oceania  
    Africa  
    Australia  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

    

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