Arisaema triphyllum

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Arisaema triphyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Arisaema
Species:
A. triphyllum
Binomial name
Arisaema triphyllum
Synonyms[2]
A. triphyllum s.s.
    • Alocasia atrorubens (Aiton) Raf.
    • Alocasia lobata Raf.
    • Alocasia triphylla (L.) Raf.
    • Arisaema atrorubens (Aiton) Blume
    • Arisaema atrorubens f. pallascens (Sims) Raymond
    • Arisaema atrorubens var. viride Engl.
    • Arisaema atrorubens f. viride (Engl.) Fernald
    • Arisaema atrorubens f. zebrinum (Sims) Fernald
    • Arisaema atrorubens var. zebrinum (Sims) Raymond
    • Arisaema brasilianum Blume
    • Arisaema deflexum Nieuwl. & K.Just
    • Arisaema hastatum Blume
    • Arisaema quinatum var. obtusoquinatum Alph.Wood
    • Arisaema triphyllum lusus bispadiceum Engl.
    • Arisaema triphyllum lusus bispathaceum Engl.
    • Arisaema triphyllum var. montanum Fernald
    • Arisaema triphyllum lusus trispadiceum Engl.
    • Arisaema triphyllum var. typicum Engl.
    • Arisaema triphyllum var. viride (Engl.) Engl.
    • Arisaema triphyllum f. viride (Engl.) Farw.
    • Arisaema triphyllum f. zebrinum (Sims) F.Seym.
    • Arisaema zebrinum G.Nicholson
    • Arum atrorubens Aiton
    • Arum triphyllum L.
    • Arum triphyllum var. atropurpureum Michx.
    • Arum triphyllum var. atrorubens (Aiton) Dewey ex Alph.Wood
    • Arum triphyllum var. pallescens Sims
    • Arum triphyllum var. virens Michx.
    • Arum triphyllum var. viride Sims
    • Arum triphyllum var. zebrinum Sims
    • Arum vittatum Salisb.

Arisaema triphyllum, the Jack-in-the-pulpit, is a species of flowering plant in the arum family Araceae. It is a member of the Arisaema triphyllum complex, a group of four or five closely related taxa in eastern North America. The specific name triphyllum means "three-leaved",[3] a characteristic feature of the species, which is also referred to as Indian turnip, bog onion, and brown dragon.

Used without qualification, the name Arisaema triphyllum is ambiguous. For clarity, the qualified name Arisaema triphyllum sensu stricto (abbreviated s.s.) refers to the species while Arisaema triphyllum sensu lato refers to the species complex. The latter includes the species (Arisaema triphyllum) among its members.

Arisaema triphyllum sensu lato is wide-ranging across eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Manitoba in eastern Canada, and from Texas to Florida in the southern United States. It is common throughout most of its range.

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