Remusatia vivipara(Roxb.) Schott

WFO wfo-0000295504 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Remusatia vivipara, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-09-25 / obs. 160296109
Remusatia vivipara, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. b T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157468650
Remusatia vivipara, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. c T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157084607
Remusatia vivipara, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193588449
Remusatia vivipara, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175153188
Remusatia vivipara, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 194993247
Remusatia vivipara, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. g T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52767920
Remusatia vivipara, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76834516

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Native range 36 botanical countries

Regions where Remusatia vivipara is native: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Tanzania, Zambia, China South-Central, Oman, Taiwan, Tibet, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, Christmas I., East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Northern Territory, Queensland CameroonCentral African RepublicDR CongoEthiopiaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastLiberiaMadagascarNigeriaSierra LeoneTanzaniaZambiaChina South-CentralOmanTaiwanTibetYemenAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalSri LankaThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNorthern TerritoryQueensland ComorosChristmas I.
Native distribution of Remusatia vivipara, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cameroon CMN AFRICA
Central African Republic CAF
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Nigeria NGA
Sierra Leone SIE
Socotra SOC
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Christmas I. XMS
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Oman OMA
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Yemen YEM
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arum viviparum Roxb.
  • Caladium viviparum (Roxb.) G.Lodd.
  • Caladium viviparum Nees
  • Caladium viviparum (Roxb.) Nees
  • Colocasia vivipara (Roxb.) Thwaites
  • Ditinnia rupicola A.Chev.
  • Remusatia bulbifera hort.
  • Remusatia formosana Hayata

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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