Bambos arundinacea Retzius Obs. Bot. 5 (1789) 24. 
Bambusa arundinacea Willdenow Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 
245—Holland 203. 
Taccada (Pith) p. 204. 
Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) Krause in Engl. 
Pflanzenreich IV. 277 (Heft 54) (1912) 125. 
Lobelia frutescens Miller Gard. Diet., ed. 8 (1768) 
no. 1. 
Scaevola Koenigii Vahl Symb. Bot. 3 (1794) 36— 
Holland 204. 
Taro (Coco-Y am, China Potato, Eddoes, Dasheen) p. 
209. 
Colocasia esculenta (Linn.) Schott in Schott & 
Endlicher Meletem. Bot. 1 (1832) 18. 
Arum esculentum Linnaeus Sp. PI. (1753) 965. 
Arum Colocasia Linnaeus Sp. PI. (1753) 965. 
Colocasia antiquorum Schott in Schott & Endlicher 
Meletem. Bot. 1 (1832) 18—Holland 35, 209. 
Colocasia antiquorum Schott var. esculenta Schott 
Syn. Aroid. (1856) 42. 
Following Schott most authors have considered the 
Taro to be a variety of the polymorphic species Coloca¬ 
sia antiquorum. However, it is not permissible under the 
Rules to reduce an older specific name to varietal rank 
under a species of later date of publication. Consequent¬ 
ly Colocasia esculenta must be taken up for the species, 
while C. antiquorum is reduced to varietal status. 
Tong-Pang-Chong (Root) p. 217. 
Rhinacanthus nasutus (Linn.) Kurz in Journ. 
Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39, pt. 2 (1870) 79. 
Justicia nasuta Linnaeus Sp. PI. (1753) 16. 
Rhinacanthus communis Nees in Wallich PI. Asiat. 
Rar. 3 (1832) 109—Holland 217. 
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