Alocasia augustiana
An Alocasia from New Guinea about which almost nothing is published and for which GBIF holds no wild records. These notes are built from a single measured site in lowland New Guinea rain forest and from the general needs of New Guinea Alocasia, so treat them as a starting point.
Where it grows wild
No species-specific habitat is documented. New Guinea Alocasia are generally terrestrial herbs of shaded, wet rain-forest floors, gullies and stream banks.
No elevation data; the measured climate suggests warm lowland forest.
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