Pinellia

Tenore 1839
 published in: 
 Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze : Sezione della Societa Reale Borbonica 4: 69. 
 distribution:  China, Korea, Japan  map:
 subfamily:  Aroideae tribe:  Arisaemateae 
 no. of species:  8 or 9  cultivars:  a few, also hybrids
 chromosome count: 2n=20, 26, 28, 39, 42, 52, 54, 72, 78, 90, 91, 99, 104, 108, 115, 116, 117, 128, 129  
 morphology:  tuberous geophytes, seasonally dormant
 leaves cordate, trifid to palmatisect,  
 flowers unisexual, female zone fused to spathe, appendix long and thin 
 similar genus:  Arisaema 


Pinellia
pedatisecta

Pinellia
ternata

Pinellia ternata
var. atropurpurea

Pinellia
tripartita

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