Arisaema


Arisaema is a large and diverse genus of the flowering plant family Araceae. The largest concentration of species is in China and Japan, with other species native to other parts of southern Asia as well as eastern and central Africa, Mexico and eastern North America. Asiatic species are often called cobra lilies, while western species are often called jack-in-the-pulpit; both names refer to the distinctive appearance of the flower, which consists of an erect central spadix rising from a spathe.

Classification and relationships

The closest relatives of Arisaema appear to be Pinellia and Typhonium. One unusual trait shared by all Arisaema species, and not those of other genera, is the sex change or act of Sequential hermaphroditism. Arisaema plants are typically male when small, and female or hermaphroditic when large, with a single plant capable of changing sex based on nutrition and genetics, and perhaps changing sex several times during its long life.

Species

  1. Arisaema abei Seriz - Shikoku Island in Japan
  2. Arisaema aequinoctiale Nakai & F.Maek - Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku Islands in Japan
  3. Arisaema agasthyanum Sivad. & C.S.Kumar - southwestern India
  4. Arisaema album N.E.Br. - Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in eastern India
  5. Arisaema amurense Maxim. - Russian Far East, China, North Korea
  6. Arisaema anomalum Hemsl. - Peninsular Malaysia
  7. Arisaema aprile J.Murata - Izu Peninsula on Honshu Island in Japan
  8. Arisaema aridum H.Li - Yunnan
  9. Arisaema asperatum N.E.Br - China, eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
  10. Arisaema auriculatum Buchet - Sichuan, Hunan, and Yunnan Provinces in China
  11. Arisaema austroyunnanense H.Li - Yunnan, Vietnam
  12. Arisaema averyanovii V.D.Nguyen & P.C.Boyce - Vietnam
  13. Arisaema balansae Engl. - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China
  14. Arisaema bannaense H.Li - Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Yunnan
  15. Arisaema barbatum Buchet - Yunnan, Thailand, Java, Bali
  16. Arisaema barnesii C.E.C.Fisch - India, Sri Lanka
  17. Arisaema bockii Engl. - China
  18. Arisaema bonatianum Engl. - Sichuan, Yunnan
  19. Arisaema bottae Schott - Yemen
  20. Arisaema brucei H.Li, R.Li & J.Murata - Yunnan
  21. Arisaema calcareum H.Li - Yunnan
  22. Arisaema candidissimum W.W.Sm. - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  23. Arisaema caudatum Engl. - western India
  24. Arisaema chuanxiense Z.Y.Zhu, B.Q.Min & S.J.Zhu - Sichuan
  25. Arisaema chumponense Gagnep. - Thailand
  26. Arisaema ciliatum H.Li - Sichuan, Yunnan
  27. Arisaema clavatum Buchet - Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan
  28. Arisaema concinnum Schott - Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, eastern + northern India
  29. Arisaema condaoense V.D.Nguyen - Condao Island in Vietnam
  30. Arisaema consanguineum Schott - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina
  31. Arisaema constrictum E.Barnes - Sri Lanka
  32. Arisaema cordatum N.E.Br. - Guangxi, Guangdong, Lantao
  33. Arisaema costatum Mart. - Tibet, Nepal
  34. Arisaema cucullatum M.Hotta - Honshu in Japan
  35. Arisaema dahaiense H.Li - Yunnan, Myanmar
  36. Arisaema decipiens Schott - southern China, eastern Himalayas, Vietnam
  37. Arisaema dracontium Schott - Green dragon - Nuevo León + Veracruz in Mexico; much of eastern United States and eastern Canada
  38. Arisaema echinatum Schott - Tibet, Nepal, Yunnan, eastern Himalayas
  39. Arisaema echinoides H.Li - Yunnan
  40. Arisaema ehimense J.Murata & J.Ohno - Shikoku in Japan
  41. Arisaema elephas Buchet - Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
  42. Arisaema enneaphyllum Hochst. ex A.Rich. - Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Yemen
  43. Arisaema erubescens Schott - Nepal
  44. Arisaema exappendiculatum H.Hara - Nepal, Tibet
  45. Arisaema fargesii Buchet - Tibet, Chongqing, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
  46. Arisaema filiforme Blume - Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra
  47. Arisaema fimbriatum Masters - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Pulau Lankawi
  48. Arisaema flavum Schott - Ethiopia, Somalia, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Assam, Himalayas, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan
  49. Arisaema formosanum Hayata - Taiwan
  50. Arisaema franchetianum Engl. - Tibet, Myanmar, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
  51. Arisaema fraternum Schott - Assam
  52. Arisaema galeatum N.E.Br. - Tibet, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
  53. Arisaema garrettii Gagnep. - Thailand
  54. Arisaema ghaticum Punekar & Kumaran - Maharashtra
  55. Arisaema grapsospadix Hayata - Fujian, Taiwan
  56. Arisaema griffithii Schott - Nepal, Darjiling, Tibet
  57. Arisaema hainanense C.Y.Wu ex H.Li, Y.Shiao & S.L.Tseng - Hainan
  58. Arisaema handelii Stapf ex Hand.-Mazz. - Tibet, Myanmar, Yunnan
  59. Arisaema heterocephalum Koidz. - Ryukyu Islands
  60. Arisaema heterophyllum - Korea, Japan, widespread across much of China
  61. Arisaema hunanense Hand.-Mazz. - Chongqing, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan
  62. Arisaema ilanense J.C.Wang - Taiwan
  63. Arisaema inclusum N.E.Br. ex B.D.Jacks. - Java, Sumatra, Flores
  64. Arisaema intermedium Blume - Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, eastern Himalayas
  65. Arisaema ishizuchiense Murata - Honshu, Shikoku
  66. Arisaema iyoanum Makino - Honshu, Shikoku
  67. Arisaema jacquemontii Blume - Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Himalayas of northern + eastern India
  68. Arisaema jethompsonii Thiyagaraj & P.Daniel - Tamil Nadu
  69. Arisaema jingdongense H.Peng & H.Li - Yunnan
  70. Arisaema kawashimae Seriz - Ryukyu Islands
  71. Arisaema kerrii Craib - Thailand
  72. Arisaema kishidae Makino ex Nakai - Honshu
  73. Arisaema kiushianum Makino - Honshu, Kyushu
  74. Arisaema kuratae Seriz - Honshu
  75. Arisaema lackneri Engl. - Yunnan, Myanmar
  76. Arisaema laminatum Blume - Borneo, Java, Bali, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Palawan
  77. Arisaema leschenaultii Blume - southern India, Sri Lanka
  78. Arisaema lichiangense W.W.Sm. - Sichuan, Yunnan
  79. Arisaema lidaense J.Murata & S.K.Wu - Yunnan
  80. Arisaema lihenganum J.Murata & S.K.Wu - Guangxi
  81. Arisaema limbatum Nakai & F.Maek. - Japan
  82. Arisaema linearifolium Gusman & J.T.Yin - Yunnan
  83. Arisaema lingyunense H.Li - Guangxi, Assam, Myanmar
  84. Arisaema lobatum Engl. - China
  85. Arisaema longipedunculatum M.Hotta - Japan
  86. Arisaema longitubum Z.X.Ma. -China
  87. Arisaema macrospathum Benth. - Mexico
  88. Arisaema maekawae J.Murata & S.Kakish. - Honshu
  89. Arisaema mairei H.Lév. - Sichuan, Yunnan
  90. Arisaema maximowiczii Nakai - Kyushu
  91. Arisaema maxwellii Hett. & Gusman - Thailand
  92. Arisaema melanostomum Z.X. Ma, X. Yun Wang & W.Y. Du - China
  93. Arisaema meleagris Buchet - Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan
  94. Arisaema menglaense Y.H.Ji, H.Li & Z.F.Xu - Guangxi
  95. Arisaema microspadix Engl. - Java, Timor
  96. Arisaema mildbraedii Engl. - Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
  97. Arisaema minamitanii Seriz - Kyushu
  98. Arisaema minus J.Murata - Honshu
  99. Arisaema monophyllum Nakai - Honshu
  100. Arisaema mooneyanum M.G.Gilbert & Mayo - Ethiopia
  101. Arisaema muratae Gusman & J.T.Yin - Yunnan
  102. Arisaema muricaudatum Sivad. - Kerala
  103. Arisaema murrayi Hook. - Maharashtra
  104. Arisaema nagiense Tom.Kobay., K.Sasam. & J.Murata - Honshu
  105. Arisaema nambae Kitam. - Honshu
  106. Arisaema negishii Makino - Hachijo + Miyake Islands of Japan
  107. Arisaema nepenthoides Mart. - Nepal, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
  108. Arisaema nikoense Nakai - Honshu
  109. Arisaema nilamburense Sivad. - Kerala
  110. Arisaema odoratum J.Murata & S.K.Wu - Yunnan
  111. Arisaema ogatae Koidz. - Kyushu
  112. Arisaema omkoiense Gusman - Thailand
  113. Arisaema ornatum Miq. - Sumatra
  114. Arisaema ovale Nakai - Japan
  115. Arisaema pachystachyum Hett. & Gusman - Thailand
  116. Arisaema pallidum Engl. - Sumatra
  117. Arisaema parisifolia J.Murata - Laos, Vietnam
  118. Arisaema parvum N.E.Br. ex Hemsl. - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  119. Arisaema pattaniense Gagnep. - Thailand
  120. Arisaema penicillatum N.E.Br. - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan
  121. Arisaema petelotii K.Krause - Yunnan, Vietnam
  122. Arisaema petiolulatum Hook.f. - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Myanmar, Yunnan
  123. Arisaema pianmaense H.Li - Yunnan
  124. Arisaema pingbianense H.Li - Yunnan, Vietnam
  125. Arisaema polyphyllum Merr. - Philippines, Sulawesi
  126. Arisaema prazeri Hook.f. - Yunnan, Thailand, Myanmar
  127. Arisaema propinquum Schott - Himalayas
  128. Arisaema psittacus E.Barnes - Kerala
  129. Arisaema quinatum Schott - southeastern United States
  130. Arisaema quinquelobatum H.Li & J.Murata - Yunnan
  131. Arisaema ramulosum Alderw. - Java, Timor
  132. Arisaema ringens Schott - Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Zhejiang
  133. Arisaema rostratum V.D.Nguyen & P.C.Boyce - Vietnam
  134. Arisaema roxburghii Kunth - Assam, Indochina
  135. Arisaema rubrirhizomatum H.Li & J.Murata - Yunnan
  136. Arisaema ruwenzoricum N.E.Br. - Zaire, Uganda, Burundi
  137. Arisaema sachalinense J.Murata - Sakhalin in Russia, Hokkaido in Japan
  138. Arisaema saddlepeakense P.S.N.Rao & S.K.Srivast - Andaman Islands
  139. Arisaema sarracenioides E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch. - Kerala
  140. Arisaema saxatile Buchet - Sichuan, Yunnan
  141. Arisaema sazensoo Makino - Kyushu
  142. Arisaema schimperianum Schott - Zaire, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda
  143. Arisaema scortechinii Hook.f - Peninsular Malaysia
  144. Arisaema seppikoense Kitam. - Honshu
  145. Arisaema serratum Schott - Primorye, Korea, Kuril Islands, Japan, northeastern China
  146. Arisaema setosum A.Sudh.Rao & D.M.Verma - Arunachal Pradesh
  147. Arisaema siamicum Gagnep. - Thailand, Vietnam
  148. Arisaema siangense Gusman - Arunachal Pradesh
  149. Arisaema sikokianum Franch. & Sav. - Shikoku
  150. Arisaema silvestrii Pamp. - China
  151. Arisaema sinii K.Krause - China
  152. Arisaema sizemoreae Hett. & Gusman - Thailand
  153. Arisaema smitinandii S.Y.Hu - Thailand
  154. Arisaema somalense M.G.Gilbert & Mayo - Somalia
  155. Arisaema souliei Buchet - Sichuan, Chongqing
  156. Arisaema speciosum Mart. - Cobra lily - Tibet, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan
  157. Arisaema sukotaiense Gagnep. - Yunnan, Thailand
  158. Arisaema taiwanense J.Murata - Taiwan
  159. Arisaema tengtsungense H.Li - Yunnan, Myanmar
  160. Arisaema ternatipartitum Makino - Japan
  161. Arisaema thunbergii Blume - Japan, Korea, Taiwan
  162. Arisaema tortuosum Schott - Whipcord cobra lily - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Himalayas, Nepal, Assam, Pakistan, Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar
  163. Arisaema tosaense Makino - Japan
  164. Arisaema translucens C.E.C.Fisch - Nilgiri Mountains in Tamil Nadu in India
  165. Arisaema triphyllum Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher - Small Jack-in-the-pulpit - eastern Canada, eastern United States
  166. Arisaema tsangpoense J.T.Yin & Gusman - Tibet
  167. Arisaema tuberculatum C.E.C.Fisch. - Nilgiri Mountains in Tamil Nadu in India
  168. Arisaema ulugurense M.G.Gilbert & Mayo - Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania
  169. Arisaema umbrinum Ridl. - Borneo
  170. Arisaema undulatifolium Nakai - Honshu + Shikoku in Japan
  171. Arisaema utile Hook.f. ex Schott - Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Himalayas of India + Pakistan
  172. Arisaema vexillatum H.Hara & H.Ohashi - Tibet, Nepal
  173. Arisaema victoriae V.D.Nguyen - Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam
  174. Arisaema wangmoense M.T.An, H.H.Zhang & Q.Lin - Guizhou
  175. Arisaema wardii C.Marquand & Airy Shaw - Qinghai, Shanxi, Yunnan, Tibet
  176. Arisaema wattii J. D. Hook. - Assam, Myanmar, Tibet, Yunnan
  177. Arisaema wilsonii Engl. - Tibet, Bhutan, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan
  178. Arisaema wrayi Hemsl. - Thailand, Sabah, Malaysia
  179. Arisaema xuanweiense H.Li - Yunnan
  180. Arisaema yamatense Nakai - Yamatense cobra lily - Honshu
  181. Arisaema yanxianum Z.Y.Zhu & B.Q.Min - Sichuan
  182. Arisaema yunnanense Buchet - Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
  183. Arisaema zhui H.Li - Yunnan