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Colocasieae
Subfamily of flowering plants
Colocasieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Araceae.
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.
01Genera
- Alocasia - Subtropical Asia and eastern Australia
- Ariopsis Nimmo
- Colocasia Schott - SE Asia and Indian subcontinent, some species have been naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.
- Leucocasia Schott (monotypic) - Vietnam, Japan and Indian subcontinent
- Protarum Engl.
- Remusatia Schott
- Steudnera K. Koch
- Vietnamocasia N. S. Lý et al.
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