| Pinellia | |
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| Pinellia ternata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Arisaemateae |
| Genus: | Pinellia Ten. |
| Type species | |
| Pinellia tuberifera | |
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| Range of the genus Pinellia | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pinellia is a genus of plants in the family Araceae native to East Asia (China, Korea, Japan).[1][2][3][4] Its species are commonly called green dragons due to the color and shape of the inflorescence, which possesses a green, hooded spathe from which protrudes a long, tongue-like extension of the spadix. The leaves vary greatly in shape among different species, from simple and cordate to compound with three to many leaflets. Pinellia reproduces rapidly from seed and many species also produce bulbils on the leaves. Both characteristics have allowed some species to become weedy in temperate areas outside their native range, notably Pinellia ternata in eastern North America.[5][6]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 39, 半夏属 ban xia shu, Pinellia Tenore, Atti Reale Accad. Sci. Sez. Soc. Reale Borbon. 4: 69. 1839.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zhu, G., Li, H. & Li, R. (2007). A synopsis and a new species of the E. Asian genus Pinellia (Araceae). Willdenowia 37: 503-522.
- ^ http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Pinellia Pacific Bulb Society Wiki
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps