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12. Arisaema sect. Sinarisaema Nakai, J. Jap. Bot.  25: 6.  1950.  
伞叶组 san ye zu 
 
 
 
 
 
Tuber subglobose. Phyllotaxy spiro-distichous. Leaves 1 or 2, radiate. Spathe limb incurved or erect. Spadix unisexual; anthers dehiscing by apical pores or rarely circumscissile; appendix cylindric, terete, or clavate, or rarely degenerate, sessile or rarely stipitate, usually with acute neuter flowers at proximal part. 
About 14 species: S and SE Asia, Himalayas; 11 species (seven endemic) in China. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        
                         
		
                          
                          
			
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  | 1 | 
  Apex of spadix appendix distinctly echinate or rugose; spathe margin entire | 
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  (2) | 
 
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  Apex of spadix appendix smooth, or rarely slender and slightly creased, or degenerate, if apex rugose then spathe margin ciliate around throat | 
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  (4) | 
 
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  | 2 (1) | 
  Spadix appendix rugose. | 
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  77 A. taiwanense | 
 
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  Spadix appendix echinate | 
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  (3) | 
 
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  | 3 (2) | 
  Tuber stoloniferous. | 
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  72 A. echinoides | 
 
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  Tuber not stoloniferous. | 
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  71 A. echinatum | 
 
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  | 4 (1) | 
  Spadix appendix degenerate; spathe limb ± erect, involute. | 
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  68 A. exappendiculatum | 
 
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  Spadix appendix terete, stipitate or not | 
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  (5) | 
 
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  | 5 (4) | 
  Pseudostem and peduncle much shorter than petioles, inflorescence positioned just above ground. | 
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  69 A. zhui | 
 
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  Pseudostem and/or petiole long, inflorescence distant from ground | 
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  (6) | 
 
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  | 6 (5) | 
  Spathe basically yellow | 
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  (7) | 
 
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  Spathe basically green or purple | 
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  (8) | 
 
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  | 7 (6) | 
  Underground stem subglobose tuber; spathe not striped; (?neuter flowers absent; ?infructescence nodding). | 
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  76 A. jingdongense | 
 
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  Underground stem subcylindric, longer than wide; spathe tube longitudinally striped with white and purple; neuter flowers present; infructescence upright. | 
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  75 A. muratae | 
 
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  | 8 (6) | 
  Plants stoloniferous; spadix appendix upright or curved forward | 
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  (9) | 
 
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  Plants without stolons; spadix appendix upright | 
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  (10) | 
 
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  | 9 (8) | 
  Spadix appendix slender, frequently curved forward at apex; infructescence upright. | 
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  78 A. concinnum | 
 
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  Spadix appendix cylindric; spathe margin ciliate around throat; infructescence nodding. | 
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  73 A. ciliatum | 
 
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  | 10 (8) | 
  Spathe tube cylindric, basically greenish, limb occasionally tinged with purple. | 
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  74 A. erubescens | 
 
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  Spathe tube funnelform, usually purple outside, white inside. | 
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  70 A. sukotaiense | 
 
 
 
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