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Key to Pinellia

Araceae

Pinellia

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(c) Powell, Eric M - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
1 Leaves pedately compound,, with 5-11 leaflets; spathe 10-19 cm long; spadix 14-20 cm long
(c) Watanabe, Keita - CC-BY-NC
1 Leaves palmately compound, with 3 (-5) leaflets (juvenile plant leaves can be deeply 3-lobed or simple); spathe 6-9 (-10) cm long; spadix either 9-10 cm long or 20-25 cm long.
(c) Lalime, Erin - CC-BY
  2 Bulblets present in sheath, at lower or middle portions of petiole, and/or at summit of petiole (junction with leaf blade); spadix 9-10 cm long; female zone of flowers ca. 2 cm long, sterile gap ca. 3 mm long, and male zone 5-7 mm long
(c) Watanabe, Keita - CC-BY-NC
  2 Bulblets absent; spadix 20-25 cm long; female zone of flowers ca. 3 cm long, sterile gap ca. 6-7 mm long, and male zone 18-20 mm long