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Typhonium jinpingense

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Araceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Alismatales

Genus
  
Typhonium

Similar
  
Steudnera, Remusatia, Typhonium, Colocasia gigantea, Elephant Foot Yam

Typhonium jinpingense, common name "Artist's aroid," is a plant species native to Jingping County, Yunnan Province, China. It grows in wet fields and on stream banks at elevations of 1,000–1,600 m (3,300–5,200 ft).

Typhonium jinpingense is a deciduous perennial herb with a tuberous rhizome. It produces one to three leaves, each heart-shaped to arrowhead-shaped, up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long. Spathe is egg-shaped, green below, dark purple above, about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. Spadix is greenish to yellows, about 14 cm (5.5 in) long, with a purple tip. Chromosome number: 2n=10.

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Typhonium jinpingense Wikipedia