Abstract

Alocasia, a new species of Araceae from Jinuo Mountains, Yunnan, China is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to A. odora and A. hypnosa but differs from A. odora by purple-pink spathe and seasonally dormant habit, while differs from A. hypnosa by leaf blade with upwards basal lobes, milky yellow spadix and persistent purple-black stigma. The new species is terrestrial and grows in open roadside karst area.