''Symplocarpus'' is a
genus of flowering plants in the
family Araceae, native to
United States,
Canada and eastern
Asia.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref> 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
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
and their leaves release a foul odor when crushed.[Flora of North America Vol. 22, ''Symplocarpus foetidus'' (Linnaeus) Salisbury ex W. P. C. Barton, Veg. Mater. Med. U.S. 1: 123. 1817. ]
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The best known species is ''Symplocarpus foetidus
''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'', commonly called "skunk cabbage".[
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Species
# ''Symplocarpus egorovii
''Symplocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia. The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's ...
'' N.S.Pavlova & V.A.Nechaev - Primorye region of Russia
# ''Symplocarpus foetidus
''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton - southeastern Canada and northeastern United States, from Tennessee to Minnesota and Nova ScotiaBiota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
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# ''Symplocarpus nabekuraensis
''Symplocarpus nabekuraensis'' Is a plant in the genus ''Symplocarpus''. It is found in Japan.
Description
As with other plants in the genus ''Symplocarpus'', ''Symplocarpus nabekuraensis'' has large leaves that release a foul odor when damage ...
'' Otsuka & K.Inoue - Mt. Nabekura in west-central Honshu in Japan
# ''Symplocarpus nipponicus
''Symplocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia. The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's ...
'' Makino - Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China
# ''Symplocarpus renifolius
''Symplocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia. The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's ...
'' Schott ex Tzvelev - Russian Far East, Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China
References
Araceae genera
Orontioideae
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