Alocasia longiloba is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae.[1] It is the namesake of a species complex.[2] The complex has a widespread distribution; Guangdong, Hainan, and southern Yunnan in China, mainland Southeast Asia, and western and central Malesia.[1]
In the houseplant trade, many of the former species that were subsumed into Alocasia longiloba are now considered types or varieties, these include 'argyrea', 'korthalsii', 'lowii', and 'watsoniana'.[3] The placement and validity of such varieties, and of any potential hybrids and cultivars within the complex is unclear, including 'Jackrabbit' and 'Thibautians'.[3] [4] Similarly, a cross of Alocasia lowii with the kris plant Alocasia sanderiana produced Alocasia ×mortfontanensis, which may or may not be the same as the well-known hybrid Alocasia ×amazonica, the African mask, formed by crossing A.sanderiana and Alocasia watsoniana, with the only certain parent in either cross being A.sanderiana.[5]