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Pinellia
Pinellia is a genus of plants in the family Araceae native to East Asia (China, Korea, Japan). 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...
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Crowdipper
speciesPinellia ternata
fan-leaf Chinese green dragon
speciesPinellia pedatisecta
Pinellia cordata
speciesPinellia cordata
tripartite green dragon
speciesPinellia tripartita
Peltate Green Dragon
speciesPinellia peltata
Pinellia fujianensis
speciesPinellia fujianensis
Pinellia hunanensis
speciesPinellia hunanensis
Pinellia integrifolia
speciesPinellia integrifolia
Pinellia polyphylla
speciesPinellia polyphylla
Pinellia yaoluopingensis
speciesPinellia yaoluopingensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.95
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.98
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.6
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.8
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 23)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.54
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 23)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.51
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 156599.