Peter J. Matthews

Aroid papers per year

Genera · 5

• Colocasia21
• Dracunculus1
• Amorphophallus1
• Arum1
• Xanthosoma1

Places in their paper titles

• Pacific5
• China3
• Vietnam3
• Australia2
• Assam2
• India2
• Queensland1
• Myanmar1
• Hawaii1
• Mediterranean1
• West Africa1
• Europe1
• Philippines1
• Korea1

Aroid papers · 44 newest first

1. 2026 Colocasia spongifolia sp. nov. (Araceae) in southern China and central VietnamThe Catalogue of LifeDOIopen access
2. 2026 Plastid genome reveals the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of cultivated taro (Colocasia esculenta) in KoreaKorean Journal of Plant TaxonomyDOIopen access
3. 2025 Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Europe: a journey through fields, botanical gardens, ditches and city marketsGenetic Resources and Crop EvolutionDOI
4. 2025 Taro Genetic ResourcesHandbooks of Crop Diversity : Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic ResourcesDOI
5. 2024 Chloroplast capture and range extension after hybridization in taro (Colocasia esculenta)Ecology and EvolutionDOIopen access
6. 2024 The Invisible Tropical Tuber Crop: Edible Aroids (Araceae) Sold as “Tajer” in the NetherlandsEconomic BotanyDOIopen access
7. 2023 Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Asia and the Pacific: Models for Domestication as a Food and Fodder CropSpringer eBooksDOI
8. 2022 Colocasia spongifolia sp. nov. (Araceae) in southern China and central VietnamPhytotaxaDOI
9. 2022 Colocasia spongifolia sp. nov. (Araceae) in southern China and central VietnamGlobal Biodiversity Information FacilityDOIopen access
10. 2021 Genetic diversity in Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma mafaffa in Togo, West AfricaAdvances in Horticultural ScienceDOIopen access
11. 2020 Chloroplast genome evolution in the Dracunculus clade (Aroideae, Araceae)GenomicsDOIopen access
12. 2020 Evolutionary origins of taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) in Southeast AsiaEcology and EvolutionDOIopen access
13. 2020 Perception gaps that may explain the status of taro (Colocasia esculenta) as an “orphan crop”Plants People PlanetDOIopen access
14. 2020 Reply to Barber: Marginal evidence for taro production in northern New Zealand between 1200 and 1500 CEProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesDOI
15. 2020 Taro: Origins and DevelopmentSpringer eBooksDOI
16. 2019 Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate PolynesiaProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesDOIopen access
17. 2018 Literary evidence for taro in the ancient Mediterranean: A chronology of names and uses in a multilingual worldPLoS ONEDOIopen access
18. 2018 Taro: Origins and DevelopmentSpringer eBooksDOI
19. 2016 ベトナム新産のColocasia yunnanensis (サトイモ科)植物研究雑誌
20. 2015 Taxonomy and ethnobotany of Colocasia esculenta and C. formosana (Araceae): implications for the evolution, natural range, and domestication of taroAroideana
21. 2014 On the trail of taro : an exploration of natural and cultural historyInstitutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)DOIopen access
22. 2014 On the trail of taro an exploration of natural and cultural history by Peter J. Matthews
23. 2013 Feasibility Study for Field Research : Ethnobotany and Ecology of Wild and Cultivated Aroids in Assam State, Northeast India (Exploration and Field Research in Foreign Countries)植物遺伝資源探索導入調査報告書
24. 2013 Genetic data confirms field evidence for natural breeding in a wild taro population (Colocasia esculenta) in northern Queensland, AustraliaGenetic Resources and Crop EvolutionDOI
25. 2012 Conclusion: Irrigated taro in the Indo-Pacific: multiple perspectivesANU Open Research (Australian National University)
26. 2012 Ethnobotany and Ecology of Wild Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Philippines: Implications for Domestication and DispersalInstitutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)DOIopen access
27. 2012 Irrigated Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Indo-Pacific : biological, social and historical perspectivesNational Museum of Ethnology eBooks
28. 2012 Irrigated taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Indo-Pacific: Biological, social and historical perspectives edited by Matthew Spriggs, David Addison and Peter J. Matthews
29. 2012 Irrigated Taro in the Indo-Pacific: Multiple PerspectivesInstitutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)DOIopen access
30. 2012 Mutational Dynamics of Aroid Chloroplast GenomesGenome Biology and EvolutionDOIopen access
31. 2010 The Global Diversity of Taro : Ethnobotany and Conservation
32. 2010 The Global Diversity of Taro : Ethnobotany and ConservationInstitutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)open access
33. 2005 Notes on the Provenance and Providence of Wildtype Taros (Colocasia esculenta) in Myanmar
34. 2005 サトイモ野生種(Colocasia esculenta)の起源と利用にかんする考察国立民族学博物館研究報告
35. 2004 Genetic Diversity in Taro, and the Preservation of Culinary KnowledgeEthnobotany Research and ApplicationsDOIopen access
36. 2003 Taro planthoppers (Tarophagus spp.) in Australia and the origins of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in OceaniaArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in OceaniaDOI
37. 1998 Taro in Hawaii: present status and current research
38. 1997 Field guide for wild-type taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
39. 1995 Aroids and the Austronesians.TropicsDOIopen access
40. 1995 Cyanide content of the leaves and stems of edible aroidsPhytochemical AnalysisDOI
41. 1992 Ribosomal and Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Japanese Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. SCHOTT)Ikushugaku zasshiDOIopen access
42. 1991 [TRANSITIONS TO AGRICULTURE IN THE PACIFIC REGION] A possible tropical wildtype taro: Colocasia esculenta var. aquatilisBulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory AssociationDOI
43. 1990 The origins, dispersal and domestication of taroANU Open Research (Australian National University)DOI
44. — Feasibility Study for Field Research: Ethnobotany and Ecology of Wild and Cultivated Aroids in Assam State, Northeast IndiaInstitutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)DOIopen access

Species described · 1 oldest first, from IPNI

• 2022 Colocasia spongifolia