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1. Arisaema sect. Anomala Gusman & L. Gusman, Aroideana. 26: 40. 2003.
根茎组 gen jing zu
Plants with rhizome. Rhizome reddish purple inside. Phyllotaxy spiro-distichous. Leaf blade 3-foliolate or pedate, rarely simple. Spadix bisexual or rarely unisexual when mature; appendix sessile, terete, attenuate or long and pendulous distally, usually with numerous filiform neuter flowers.
About 20 species: wet tropical and subtropical Asia; 11 species (seven endemic) in China.
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Pseudostem distinct (more than 10 cm) |
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Pseudostem absent or very short (less than 5 cm) |
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(6) |
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2 (1) |
Leaf blade pedate or rarely 3-foliolate; neuter flowers occurring partly on spadix appendix |
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Leaf blade 3-foliolate; neuter flowers covering whole of spadix appendix |
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3 (2) |
Spathe basically green, throat of spathe tube not auriculate. |
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8 A. grapsospadix |
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Spathe basically green, or dark purple dotted with paler purple, throat of spathe tube auriculate. |
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9 A. hainanense |
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4 (2) |
Neuter flowers (distal ones) 3-5.5 cm. |
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5 A. victoriae |
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Neuter flowers less than 0.7 cm |
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(5) |
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5 (4) |
Rhizome stout, more than 3 cm in diam.; spathe semitranslucent, without white mark. |
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1 A. petelotii |
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Rhizome less than 2.5 cm in diam.; spathe opaque, with white mark. |
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7 A. rubrirhizomatum |
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6 (1) |
Budlike structure present at axil of neuter flowers. |
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2 A. smitinandii |
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Budlike structure absent at axil of neuter flowers |
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(7) |
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7 (6) |
Apex of spadix appendix simple or nearly so |
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Apex of spadix appendix brushlike, covered with numerous neuter flowers |
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(9) |
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8 (7) |
Spathe tube throat broadly auriculate; spadix appendix with neuter flowers. |
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11 A. bannaense |
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Spathe tube throat without auricles; spadix appendix without neuter flowers. |
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10 A. petiolulatum |
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9 (7) |
Spathe limb basically purplish, tube thick; spadix appendix pendulous. |
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4 A. lihengianum |
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Spathe limb basically green, tube slender; spadix appendix upright |
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(10) |
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10 (9) |
Spathe limb with single white mark at base. |
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6 A. pingbianense |
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Spathe totally greenish, without marks. |
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3 A. menglaense |
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