Araceae
Symplocarpus

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

First published in Veg. Mater. Med. U.S. 1: 124 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Canada to N. Central & E. U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Smith, L.B.; Hodgdon, A.R.; Rossbach, G.B.; Rossbach, R.P. [638] United States K002467364 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] K002467359 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467379 Yes
Leeds, E. [s.n.] K002467377 Yes
Bourgeau [s.n.] Canada K002467376 Yes
W.D. [s.n.] United States K002467369 Yes
Townsend [1834] United States K002467368 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Hodgon, A.R.; Harris, S.K.; Rossbach, R.P. [638] United States K002467365 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F. [25240] Canada K002467375 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] United States K002467366 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] K002467358 Yes
{Smith; Hodgdon; Rossbach} [s.n.] United States K002467361 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Hodgon, A.R.; Rossbach, G.B.; Rossbach, R.P. [637] United States K002467362 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002467357 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467372 Yes
[RHB Brawnne] [s.n.] United States K002467371 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467380 Yes
Adrien, F. [1044] Canada K002467374 Yes
Murray [s.n.] K002467378 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Hodgon, A.R.; Rossbach, G.B.; Rossbach, R.P. [637] United States K002467363 Yes
Macoun, M.A. [1426] Canada K002467373 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] K002467360 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images