Typhonium jinpingense, common name "artist's aroid,"[1] 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 metres (3,300–5,200 ft).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Typhonium |
| Species: | T. jinpingense
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| Typhonium jinpingense Z.T. Wang, H. Li & F.H. Bian
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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 centimetres (3.9 in) long. Spathe is egg-shaped, green below, dark purple above, about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long. Spadix is greenish to yellows, about 14 centimetres (5.5 in) long, with a purple tip. Chromosome number: 2n=10.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ Nature Products Network, TianZi Biodiversity Research and Development Centre, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
- ^ a b Z.T. Wang, H. Li & F.H. Bian. 2002. Typhonium jinpingense: a new species from Yunnan China with the lowest diploid chromosome number in Araceae. Novon 12:286-289.
- ^ Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2010. Flora of China (Acoraceae through Cyperaceae). 23: 1–515. In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Flora of China Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.