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'''''Alocasia infernalis''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Araceae]], native to [[Sarawak]] state, Malaysia.<ref name="77085614-1" >{{cite POWO |id=77085614-1 |title=''Alocasia infernalis'' P.C.Boyce |access-date=15 June 2022 }}</ref>
'''''Alocasia infernalis''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Araceae]], native to [[Sarawak]] state, Malaysia.<ref name="77085614-1" >{{cite POWO |id=77085614-1 |title=''Alocasia infernalis'' P.C.Boyce |access-date=15 June 2022 }}</ref> It gets its [[specific epithet]] from its dark leaves—nearly black with purple veins—that exhibit a baleful red [[iridescence]] depending on the angle of the light and the position of the viewer.


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Revision as of 19:04, 15 June 2022

Alocasia infernalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Alocasia
Species:
A. infernalis
Binomial name
Alocasia infernalis

Alocasia infernalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Sarawak state, Malaysia.[1] It gets its specific epithet from its dark leaves—nearly black with purple veins—that exhibit a baleful red iridescence depending on the angle of the light and the position of the viewer.

References

  1. ^ "Alocasia infernalis P.C.Boyce". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2022.