Arisaema jingdongense (Araceae)
Tuber subglobose, ca. 2.5cm in diam. Cataphylls 3, pale green with purple spots, to 30cm. Leaf solitary; petiole greenish, unmarked, ca. 65cm, proximal 3/4 sheathing into pseudostem; leaf blade radiate; leaflets 7, sessile, pale green abaxially, deep green adaxially, oblong-lanceolate, 7–8 × 1.4–1.6 cm, margin entire, apex acuminate. Peduncle shorter than petioles, ca. 55 cm × 2.5–3mm. Spathe yellowish, without white stripes; tube cylindric, ca. 4cm × 9mm, recurved at throat; limb arching, triangular-oblong, ca. 7.5 × 3cm, apex acuminate with a filiform tail 4–5cm. Spadix unisexual; male zone ca. 3cm; synandria dense; appendix hidden in spathe tube, orange-yellow, clavate, ca. 3.5 cm × 4mm, smooth, apex obtuse. Female spadix unknown.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests.