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Arisaema is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of about 150 species in the flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 family Araceae
Araceae

Araceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like hood....
, native to eastern and central Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 and eastern North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
. Its species are often called Cobra lilies, particularly the Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
tic species. A familiar species in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 is Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit).








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Arisaema is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of about 150 species in the flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 family Araceae
Araceae

Araceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like hood....
, native to eastern and central Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 and eastern North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
. Its species are often called Cobra lilies, particularly the Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
tic species. A familiar species in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 is Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit).

Selected species

  • Arisaema addis-ababense
  • Arisaema album
  • Arisaema amurense Maxim.
  • Arisaema angustatum Fr. et Sav.
  • Arisaema auriculatum
  • Arisaema biauriculatum
  • Arisaema candidissimum - White jack
  • Arisaema concinnum Schott
  • Arisaema consanguineum Schott
  • Arisaema costatum (Wall.) Mart
  • Arisaema daochengense
  • Arisaema dracontium
    Arisaema dracontium

    'Arisaema dracontium' is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Arisaema and the family Araceae. Plants grow 20-50 cm tall when in bloom and after flowering reach 100 cm, they grow from a corm....
     - Green dragon
  • Arisaema elephas Buchet
  • Arisaema engleri
  • Arisaema erubescens (Wall.) Schott
  • Arisaema exappendiculatum
  • Arisaema filiforme
  • Arisaema fimbriatum Masters
  • Arisaema flavum
    Arisaema flavum

    Arisaema flavum is a species of flowering plant native to southern Ethiopia. It is a famine food, eaten during periods of crop failure or famine in the Konso special woreda, where it is endemic....
     (Forsk.) Schott
  • Arisaema grapsospadix
  • Arisaema griffithii Schott
  • Arisaema heterophyllum Tian nan xing in Chinese
  • Arisaema hunanense
  • Arisaema jacquemontii Blume
  • Arisaema kishidae
  • Arisaema kiushianum Makino
  • Arisaema lidaense J. Murata et SKWu
  • Arisaema lihenganum
  • Arisaema limbatum
  • Arisaema monophyllum Nakai
  • Arisaema mooneyanum
  • Arisaema nepenthoides
  • Arisaema odoratum
  • Arisaema peninsulae Nakai
  • Arisaema propinquum
  • Arisaema rhizomatum
  • Arisaema ringens (Thunb.) Schott
  • Arisaema robustum
  • Arisaema ruwenzoricum
  • Arisaema sazensoo
  • Arisaema serratum (Thunb.) Schott - Jack in the pulpit
  • Arisaema sikokianum
    Arisaema sikokianum

    Arisaema sikokianum is a herbaceous perennial plant.External links* Image - Flavon's Wild herb and Alpine plants...
     Fr. et Sav. - Gaudy jack
  • Arisaema speciosum - Jack in the pulpit
  • Arisaema taiwanense
  • Arisaema thunbergii Blume
  • Arisaema thunbergii subsp. urashima
  • Arisaema tortuosum (Wallich) Schott
  • Arisaema triphyllum
    Arisaema triphyllum

    Arisaema triphyllum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a corm. It is a highly variable species typically growing from 30 to 65 cm in height with three parted leaves and flowers contained in a spadix that is covered by a hood....
     - Jack in the pulpit, Indian turnip
  • Arisaema undulatifolium Nakai
  • Arisaema undulatifolium var. limbatum Ohashi et J. Murata
  • Arisaema utile
  • Arisaema wattii J. D. Hook.
  • Arisaema yamatense (Nakai) Nakai - Jack in the pulpit


External links

  • - Japanese Arisaema pictures