Editing Colocasia (section)

==Species==

There are numerous species of ''Colocasia''.<ref name=iii/><ref name=ipni/><ref name=trop/><ref name=grinspecies>{{cite web |url=https://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2816 |title=Species in GRIN for genus ''Colocasia'' |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, [[Beltsville, Maryland]] |access-date=July 13, 2010 |author-link=Germplasm Resources Information Network}}</ref>

# ''[[Colocasia affinis]]'' <small>Schott</small> - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, eastern Himalayas 
# ''[[Colocasia antiquorum]]'' or [[eddoe]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=colocasia+antiquorum |title=The Plant List |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref>''Utilisation des aliments tropicaux: racines et tubercules'', FAO, Rome, 1990, p. 35. {{ISBN|92-5-202775-0}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jFRnIx2NRakC&dq=Eddoe&pg=PA35 google book].</ref> sometimes considered a [[synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of ''C. esculenta''.<ref>{{GRIN | ''Colocasia esculenta'' | 11177 | access-date = 15 February 2015}}</ref>
# ''Colocasia esculenta'' or taro <small>(L.) Schott</small> - taro, elephant-ear - native to southern China, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Sumatra; naturalized in other parts of Asia as well as Africa, southern Europe, South America, Central America, the West Indies, the southeastern United States, and many oceanic islands including Hawaii
# ''[[Colocasia fallax]]'' <small>Schott</small> - Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas, northern Indochina
# ''[[Colocasia fontanesii]]'' <small>Schott</small> - Yunnan, eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina
# ''[[Colocasia hassanii]]''<small> H.Ara </small> -Bangladesh
# ''[[Colocasia lihengiae]]'' <small>C.L.Long & K.M.Liu</small> - Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan
# ''[[Colocasia mannii]]'' <small>Hook.f.</small> - Assam, Nicobar Islands
# ''[[Colocasia menglaensis]]'' <small>J.T.Yin, H.Li & Z.F.Xu</small>  - Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam 
# ''[[Colocasia oresbia]]'' <small>A.Hay</small> - Bangladesh, Sabah
# ''[[Colocasia tonoimo]]'' <small>A.Hay</small> - Unknown

A separate subgroup within the Colocasiae contains one species, which was previously called ''C. gigantea'':
# ''[[Leucocasia gigantea]]'' <small>(Blume) Hook.f.</small> &ndash; giant taro - southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, western Indonesia