Colocasieae
Subfamily of flowering plants
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Colocasieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Araceae.
| Colocasieae | |
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| Diversity of Colocasieae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Colocasieae Bremer |
This tribe of plants is notable for including various large-leafed, ornamental, and sometimes edible plants, the edible ones mostly being harvested for their corms.[1]
Genera
- Alocasia - Subtropical Asia and eastern Australia[2]
- Ariopsis Nimmo
- Colocasia Schott - SE Asia and Indian subcontinent, some species have been naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.[3][4]
- Leucocasia Schott (monotypic) - Vietnam, Japan and Indian subcontinent[5]
- Protarum Engl.
- Remusatia Schott
- Steudnera K. Koch
- Vietnamocasia N. S. Lý et al.