probably extinct Xanthosoma orinocense G.S.Bunting - Amazonas State of Venezuela Xanthosoma paradoxum (Bogner & Mayo) Bogner - Colombia Xanthosoma pariense G.S.Bunting - Venezuela Xanthosoma peltatum G.S.Bunting - Venezuela Xanthosoma pentaphyllum (Schott) Engl. - Brazil Xanthosoma platylobum (Schott) Engl. - Brazil Xanthosoma plowmanii Bogner - Brazil Xanthosoma poeppigii Schott - Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina Xanthosoma pottii E.G.Gonç. - Mato Grosso do Sul Xanthosoma puberulum Croat - Bolivia Xanthosoma pubescens Poepp. - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil Xanthosoma pulchrum E.G.Gonç. - Mato Grosso Xanthosoma riedelianum (Schott) Schott - southeastern Brazil Xanthosoma riparium E.G.Gonç. - Goiás Xanthosoma robustum Schott – capote - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Hawaii Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott (Syn. Xanthosoma atrovirens K.Koch & C.D.Bouché, Xanthosoma violaceum Schott)- arrowleaf elephant ear, tiquizque, , , or American taro - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; naturalized in West Indies, Africa, Bangladesh, Borneo, Malaysia, Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, some Pacific Islands, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Oaxaca Xanthosoma saguasense G.S.Bunting - Venezuela Xanthosoma seideliae Croat - Bolivia Xanthosoma stenospathum Madison - Peru Xanthosoma striatipes (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Madison - Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay Xanthosoma striolatum Mart. ex Schott - French Guiana, northern Brazil Xanthosoma syngoniifolium Rusby - Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil Xanthosoma taioba E.G.Gonç. - Paraíba Xanthosoma tarapotense Engl. - Peru Xanthosoma trichophyllum K.Krause - Peru, Ecuador Xanthosoma trilobum G.S.Bunting - Amazonas State of Venezuela Xanthosoma ulei Engl. - northwestern Brazil Xanthosoma undipes (K.Koch) K.Koch – tall elephant's ear - widespread from Bolivia north to southern Mexico and West Indies Xanthosoma viviparum Madison - Peru, Ecuador Xanthosoma weeksii Madison - Ecuador Xanthosoma wendlandii (Schott) Schott (syn. Xanthosoma hoffmannii Schott, Xanthosoma pedatum Hemsl.) Oaxaca, Central America, Venezuela Xanthosoma yucatanense Engl. - Yucatán, Quintana Roo Deprecated Caladium lindenii (André) Madison (as X. lindenii (André) Engl.) Etymology The name is derived from the Greek words (), meaning 'yellow', and (), meaning 'body'. It refers to the stigma or yellow inner tissues. Uses Domestication of Xanthosoma species (especially X. sagittifolium but also X. atrovirens, X. violaceum, X. maffaffa and others) is thought to have originated in northern lowland South America, then spread to the Antilles and Mesoamerica. Today, Xanthosoma is still grown in all those regions, but is especially popular in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where it is used in alcapurrias or boiled. It is grown in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Jamaica to make the popular callaloo dish.