MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Amorphophallus names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

Note

Amorphophallus aberrans W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus abyssinicus (A. Rich.) N. E. Br

SYNONYM(S) : Arum abyssinicum A. Rich., Sauromatum abyssinicum (A. Rich.) Schott

ENGLISH : Indian turnip.  

UNIDENTIFIED : Bagana  (Ethiopia), Hamba guita (Tigrea), Kolto (Ethiopia), Saganeida (Ethiopia) - All African languages.

Amorphophallus albispathus W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Krzysztof Kozminski.

Amorphophallus albus P.Y.Liu & J.F.Chen

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus ankarana Hett., Bogner & Ittenb.

 

Photographs by Krzysztof Kozminski.

Amorphophallus asterostigmatus J. Bogner & W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk kan yao.

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Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus atroviridis W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk si nam tan.

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus brevispathus Gagnep

THAI : Buk i rok khao.

Amorphophallus bulbifer (Schott) Blume

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Bl., Arum bulbiferum Roxb. ex Sims

RUSSIAN : Amorfofallius lukovitsenosnyi.

THAI : Buk kliang, Dok kan (Northern Thailand).

 

Beautiful collection of flower photographs by Alan Galloway at North Carolina State University.

Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne. -> Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. campanulatus (Decne.) Sivad.

Amorphophallus cirrifer Stapf.

THAI : Bon priao, Buk khon.

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus coaetaneus S.Y. Liu & S.J. Wei

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus cruddasianus Prain

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus curvistylis W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus decussilvae Backer & Alderwer.

ENGLISH : West-Java giant amorphophallus.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus eichleri Hook f.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus giganteus Blume, nom. illeg. -> Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. paeoniifolius

Amorphophallus gigas Teijsm. & Binn.

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus asper (Engler) Engler & Gehrn, Amorphophallus brooksii Alderw., Conophallus gigas (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq., Hydrosme aspera Engl.

ENGLISH : Sumatra giant amorphophallus.

Amorphophallus haematospadix Hook. f.

THAI : Buk mueang tai.

 

Amorphophallus henryi N.E. Br.

ENGLISH : Taiwan amorphophallus.

Amorphophallus interruptus Engl. & Gehrm.

VIETNAMESE : .

Amorphophallus kerrii N.E. Br. -> Amorphophallus yunnanensis Engl.

 

Amorphophallus kiusianus Makino

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu, Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu var. konjac (K. Koch) Engl.

CHINESE : Mo yu.

ENGLISH : Devil's-tongue, Elephant foot, Elephant-yam, Leopard-palm, Snake-palm, Snake plant, Umbrella arum.

JAPANESE : Konnyaku.

KOREAN : Gon yak , Gu yak (as A. rivieri), Gu yak phul (Kuyakphul).

MALAY :

RUSSIAN : Amorfofallius kon'iak.

SPANISH : Glucomanano.

TAGALOG : Bulangan, Pangapung.

THAI : Buk.

VIETNAMESE : , Nua trông.

 

Beautiful collection of flower photographs from bud to seed stage by Alan Galloway at North Carolina State University.

Photographs of other parts of the plant and description in Japanese at the MAFF Genebank, Japan.

Amorphophallus koratensis Gagnep.

THAI : Buk hu chang.

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus krausei Engl.

THAI : Buk.

Amorphophallus lambii S. Mayo & E. Widjaja

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus lewallei F. Malaisse & P. Bamps

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus linearis Gagnep.

THAI : Buk daeng, Buk kra tuea.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus loerzingii Alderw.

Amorphophallus longituberosus Engl. & Gehrm.

THAI : Buk hua yao.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus macrorhizus Craib

THAI : Kan khoi ngua.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus maximus (Engl.) N.E. Br.

 

Photographs of leaves & stem by Krzysztof Kozminski.

Amorphophallus maxwellii W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk kap prio.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus mekongensis Engl. & Gehrm.

VIETNAMESE : .

Amorphophallus napalensis (Wall.) Bogner & Mayo

SYNONYM(S) : Thomsonia napalensis Wall.

Amorphophallus obscurus W.L.A. Hetterscheid & M. Sizemore

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus odoratus Hett. & H. Li

 

Photographs of leaves & stems by Krzysztof Kozminski.

Amorphophallus oncophyllus Prain

Amorphophallus opertus W.L.A. Hetterscheid

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus blumei (Schott) ined., Amorphophallus sativus Blume, Amorphophallus rex Prain ex Hook f., Arum paeoniaefolium Dennstedt, Arum rumphii Gaud

ENGLISH : Sweet yam, Telinga potato.

JAPANESE : Konnyaku.

THAI : Buk khang.

 

Beautiful collection of flower photographs by Alan Galloway at North Carolina State University.

Photographs by Krzysztof Kozminski.

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. campanulatus (Decne.) Sivad.

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume, Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne., Amorphophallus campanulatus Roxb., Amorphophallus rex Prain, Arum campanulatum Roxb., nom. illeg. ,

CHINESE : Chou mo yu (as A. campanulatus), Zhong bao mo yu.

ENGLISH : Elephant-yam, Leopard palm, Stanley's washtub, Telinga-potato, White-spotted giant arum.

FRENCH : Gouniah d'Annam.

NEPALESE : Ole (as A. campanulatus).

POLISH : Dziwadlo (as A. campanulatus).

VIETNAMESE : .

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. paeoniifolius

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus giganteus Blume, nom. illeg. , Amorphophallus paeonifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson, Arum campanulatum Roxb., nom. illeg.

Amorphophallus panomensis Gagnep.

VIETNAMESE : .

Amorphophallus parvulus Gagnep.

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus pendulus Mayo & Bogner

ENGLISH : Brunei amorphophallus.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus polyanthus W.L.A. Hetterscheid & M. Sizemore

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus prainii Hook. f.

THAI : Buk thuai.

 

Photographs by Krzysztof Kozminski.

Amorphophallus putii Gagnep.

THAI : Buk daeng.

Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu -> Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch

Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu var. konjac (K. Koch) Engl. -> Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch

Amorphophallus salmoneus W.L.A. Hetterscheid

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus saraburiensis Gagnep.

THAI : Buk ro.

Amorphophallus saururus W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk.

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus sumawongii (Bogner) J. Bogner & S.J. Mayo

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus swynnertonii Rendle

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus tenuispadix W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus tenuistylis W.L.A. Hetterscheid

THAI : Buk.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus titanum Becc.

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc. ex Arcang.

CHINESE : Ju mo yu.

ENGLISH : Titan arum.

Amorphophallus tonkinensis Engl. & Gehrm.

VIETNAMESE : .

Amorphophallus verticillatus W.L.A. Hetterscheid

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus yuloensis H. Li

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

Amorphophallus yunnanensis Engl.

SYNONYM(S) : Amorphophallus kerrii N.E. Br.

CHINESE : Chang zhu mo yu (as A. kerrii).

ENGLISH : Kerri's giant arum.

THAI :

THAI : Buk, Buk dang.

 

Photographs by Alan Galloway.

 

Note

 

The richest source of common names found so far was Thailand. Many species bear the same name "buk", not only in different parts of the country but sometimes several species will have that name in the same restricted region or linguistic area. Either the taxonomy is not up-to-date or the linguists need to find Thai epithets to distinguish those plants. We would warmly welcome comments on this.

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/login.jsp >.

Galloway Alan, 2002, Photographic Galleries of Aroids. North Carolina State University. USA. < http://www4.ncsu.edu/~alan/plants/aroids/amorphophallus/ >.

I.A.S. 2002, Aroid Hardiness List, International Aroid Society Incorporated. < http://www.aroid.org/horticulture/hardy.html >.

IPNI, 2002, International Plant Name Index. < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

Kozminski Krzysztof, 1996 - 1997, Amorphophallus Species Photos. < http://www.cbl.ncsu.edu/~kk/plants/aroids/Amorphophallus/ >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Smitinand Tem, 2001, Thai Plant Names - Revised Edition by The Forest Herbarium - Royal Forest Department. Bangkok. Thailand.

USDA, ARS, 2002, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?amorphophallus (06 June 2002).

Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 

RESOURCES

Alan Galloway's galleries of excellent flower collections. Over 35 species of Amorphophallus brilliantly illustrated. Site hosted by North Carolina State University. USA. < http://www4.ncsu.edu/~alan/plants/aroids/amorphophallus/ >.

 

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