Editing Symplocarpus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Symplocarpus foetidus 001.JPG
| image_caption = ''[[Symplocarpus foetidus]]''
| taxon = Symplocarpus
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]] ex [[William P. C. Barton|W.P.C.Barton]]{{r|IPNI:2926-1}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=c/>
| synonyms = *''Spathyema'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Ictodes'' <small>Bigelow</small>
}}

'''''Symplocarpus''''' is a [[genus]] of flowering plants in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Araceae]], native to [[United States]], [[Canada]] and eastern [[Asia]].<ref name=c>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=198910 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref> The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with [[contractile root]]s used for changing the plant's level with the ground. ''Symplocarpus'' species grow from a [[rhizome]] and their leaves release a foul odor when crushed.<ref name=s>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200027331 Flora of North America Vol. 22, ''Symplocarpus foetidus'' (Linnaeus) Salisbury ex W. P. C. Barton, Veg. Mater. Med. U.S. 1: 123. 1817. ]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=132033 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 5, <big>臭菘属</big> chou song shu, ''Symplocarpus'' Salisbury ex W. P. C. Barton, Veg. Mater. Med. U. S. 1: 124. 1817. ]</ref><ref>Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. {{ISBN|0-88192-485-7}}.</ref>

The best known species is ''[[Symplocarpus foetidus]]'', commonly called "skunk cabbage".<ref name=s/>

==Species==
# ''[[Symplocarpus egorovii]]'' <small>N.S.Pavlova & V.A.Nechaev</small> - Primorye region of Russia
# ''[[Symplocarpus foetidus]]''  <small>(L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton</small> - southeastern Canada and northeastern United States, from Tennessee to Minnesota and Nova Scotia<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Symplocarpus%20foetidus.png` Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map]</ref>
# ''[[Symplocarpus nabekuraensis]]'' <small>Otsuka & K.Inoue</small> - Mt. Nabekura in west-central Honshu in Japan
# ''[[Symplocarpus nipponicus]]'' <small>Makino</small> - Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China
# ''[[Symplocarpus renifolius]]'' <small>Schott ex Tzvelev</small> - Russian Far East, Korea, northern Japan, northeastern China

==References==
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[[Category:Araceae genera]]
[[Category:Orontioideae]]
[[Category:Taxa named by William P. C. Barton]]

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