Arisaema

Taxobox
name = "Arisaema"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Arisaema triphyllum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Alismatales
familia = Araceae
genus = "Arisaema"
genus_authority = Mart.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Arisaema" is a genus of about 150 species in the flowering plant family Araceae, native to eastern and central Africa, Asia and eastern North America. Its species are often called Cobra lilies, particularly the Asiatic species. A familiar species in North America is "Arisaema triphyllum" (Jack in the pulpit).

;Selected species
*"Arisaema amurense" Maxim.
*"Arisaema angustatum" Fr. et Sav.

*"Arisaema candidissimum" - White jack
*"Arisaema concinnum" Schott
*"Arisaema consanguineum" Schott
*"Arisaema costatum" (Wall.) Mart
*"Arisaema dracontium" - Green dragon
*"Arisaema elephas" Buchet
*"Arisaema erubescens" (Wall.) Schott
*"Arisaema fimbriatum" Masters
*"Arisaema flavum" (Forsk.) Schott
*"Arisaema griffithii" Schott
*"Arisaema jacquemontii" Blume
*"Arisaema kiushianum" Makino
*"Arisaema lidaense" J. Murata et SKWu
*"Arisaema lihenganum"
*"Arisaema monophyllum" Nakai
*"Arisaema nepenthoides"
*"Arisaema peninsulae" Nakai
*"Arisaema propinquum"
*"Arisaema ringens" (Thunb.) Schott
*"Arisaema robustum"
*"Arisaema serratum" (Thunb.) Schott - Jack in the pulpit
*"Arisaema sikokianum" Fr. et Sav. - Gaudy jack
*"Arisaema speciosum" - Jack in the pulpit
*"Arisaema thunbergii" Blume
*"Arisaema tortuosum" (Wallich) Schott
*"Arisaema triphyllum" - Jack in the pulpit, Indian turnip
*"Arisaema undulatifolium" Nakai
*"Arisaema undulatifolium" Nakai var. "limbatum" (Nakai et F. Maek.) Ohashi et J. Murata
*"Arisaema thunbergii" Blume subsp. "urashima" Hara
*"Arisaema utile"
*"Arisaema wattii" J. D. Hook.
*"Arisaema yamatense" (Nakai) Nakai - Jack in the pulpit

External links

* [http://www.aroid.org/genera/arisaema/herold "Arisaema" information and links]
* [http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/arisaema/arisaema.htm "Arisaema" links and information]
* [http://www.plantbuzz.com/RockGard/Woodland/Arisaema/Arisaema_gal1.htm "Arisaema" pictures]
* [http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H46.htm Jack in the Pulpit information]
* [http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/arisaema/index_arisaema.htm "Arisaema" Home Page] - Japanese "Arisaema" pictures