heterotypic synonyms:
Alocasia metallica (K. Koch) Hook.; Caladium cupreum K. Koch & C.D.Bouché; Caladium metallicum K. Koch; Caladium veitchii Hend. ex Hook.f.; Gonatanthus cupreus K. Koch;
protologue: Berliner Klin. Wochenschr. 4: 141 (1861)
173759Alocasia cuprea [Alocasia metallica (K. Koch) Hook.]
E.G. Henderson, A. Henderson, Ill. Bouquet: t. 44 (1857-1864)
173759Alocasia cupreaK. Koch [Alocasia metallica (K. Koch) Hook.]
L.B. Van Houtte, Fl. Serres, vol. 21 (Annales Générales d’Horticulture): (1845)
5 43469 Alocasia cuprea K. KochJ. Rothschild, Pl. Feuill. Col., vol. 1 : t. 60 (1867)
5 43469 Alocasia cuprea K. KochW. Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. 86 [ser. 3, vol. 16]: t. 5190 (1860) [W.H. Fitch]
5 43469 Alocasia cuprea K. KochIll. Hort., vol. 8 : t. 283 (1861)