''Symplocarpus nabekuraensis'' Is a plant in the genus ''
Symplocarpus
''Symplocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), 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 cha ...
''. It is found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
Description
As with other plants in the genus ''
Symplocarpus
''Symplocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), 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 cha ...
'', ''Symplocarpus nabekuraensis'' has large leaves that release a foul odor when damaged. ''Symplocarpus nabekuraensis'' also has a deep root system.
Distribution
''Symplocarpus nabekuraensis'' is found in the
Honshu
, historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separ ...
region of Japan.
See also
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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 ...
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References
Orontioideae
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