Details for: NA 84195, Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W. P. C. Barton, NA 84195

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W. P. C. Barton

Top Name:

NA 84195

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 2023

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Life Form:

Perennial

Availability

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National Arboretum

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W. P. C. Barton

Top Name:

NA 84195

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 2023

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Life Form:

Perennial

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

NA 84195

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Symplocarpus foetidus. Old plant growing in Fern Valley bed 17; On 1986 inventory w/o number, per JWF. Old plant, unknown source (appears to be genetically distinct from what is presumed to be NA 13351, according to Angela Magnan--the plants in the location inhabited by that old accession circa 1960, now FV-13 and across the stream from FV-17, appear to be morphologically distinct from this accession.) Form received: unknown propagule type.

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W. P. C. Barton

Genus:

Symplocarpus

Family:

Araceae

Subfamily:

Orontioideae

Nomen number:

400340

Place of publication:

Veg. mater. med. U.S. 1:123. 1817

Comment:

authorship fide S. Thompson, pers. comm. 1996

Verified:

11/24/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Dracontium foetidum L.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	polecatweed		1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: lists as Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.
English	skunk-cabbage		1	Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: lists as Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.
English (Canada)	eastern skunk cabbage	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 52.
French	chou puant		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	tabac-du-diable		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French (Canada)	chou puant	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 52.
German	Stinkkohl		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: lists as Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.
Japanese Rōmaji	zazen-sō	as Symplocarpus renifolius	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Symplocarpus renifolius Schott

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