Symplocarpus

Symplocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia.^[2][3] The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's level with the ground. Symplocarpus species grow from a rhizome and their leaves release a foul odor when crushed.^[4][5][6]

Symplocarpus
Symplocarpus foetidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Orontioideae
Genus:	Symplocarpus (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton[1]
Synonyms[2]
Spathyema Raf. Ictodes Bigelow

The best known species is Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called "skunk cabbage".^[4]

Species

1. Symplocarpus egorovii N.S.Pavlova & V.A.Nechaev - Primorye region of Russia
2. Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton - southeastern Canada and northeastern United States, from Tennessee to Minnesota and Nova Scotia^[7]
3. Symplocarpus nabekuraensis Otsuka & K.Inoue - Mt. Nabekura in west-central Honshu in Japan
4. Symplocarpus nipponicus Makino - Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China
5. Symplocarpus renifolius Schott ex Tzvelev - Russian Far East, Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China