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Symplocarpus
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
The best known species is Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called "skunk cabbage".[4]
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Species
- Symplocarpus egorovii N.S.Pavlova & V.A.Nechaev - Primorye region of Russia
- Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton - southeastern Canada and northeastern United States, from Tennessee to Minnesota and Nova Scotia[7]
- Symplocarpus nabekuraensis Otsuka & K.Inoue - Mt. Nabekura in west-central Honshu in Japan
- Symplocarpus nipponicus Makino - Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China
- Symplocarpus renifolius Schott ex Tzvelev - Russian Far East, Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China
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References
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