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| May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
| Family | Araceae |
| Subfamily | Aroideae |
| Tribe | Arisaemateae |
| Scientific name | Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott |
| Synonyms | Arisaema amplissimum Blume; Arisaema angustata Engler; Arisaema angustatum Franchet et Savatier; Arisaema angustatum Franchet et Savatier var. peninsulae Nakai; Arisaema boreale Nakai; Arisaema capitellatum Nakai; Arisaema caudigerum Nakai; Arisaema convolutum Nakai; Arisaema hakonecola Nakai; Arisaema hatizyoense Nakai; Arisaema japonicum Blume; Arisaema japonicum Blume var. atropurpureum (Engler) Kitamura; Arisaema japonicum Blume var. serratum Engler; Arisaema koidzumianum Kitamura; Arisaema koshikiense Nakai; Arisaema latisectum Blume; Arisaema niveum Nakai; Arisaema peninsulae Nakai; Arisaema planilaminum Murata; Arisaema proliferum Nakai; Arisaema pseudojaponicum Nakai; Arisaema pseudojaponicum Nakai forma serratifolia; Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott forma blumei Makino; Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott var. atropurpureum Engler; Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott var. ionochlamys Nakai; Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott var. ionochlamys forma integrum Nakai; Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott var. suwoense (Nakai) Ohashi & Murata; Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott var. viridescens Nakai; Arisaema sinanoense Nakai; Arisaema solenochlamys Nakai ex F. Maekawa; Arisaema speirophyllum Nakai; Arisaema speirophyllum Nakai ssp. boreale (Nakai) Govaerts; Arisaema suwoense Nakai; Arisaema takedae Makino; Arisaema yakusimense Nakai; Arum serratum Thunberg |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) mamushi-gusa (マムシグサ, 蝮草 [meaning: mamushi weed (mamushi = Gloydius blomhoffii)]), korai ten-nansho (コウライテンナンショウ, 高麗天南星 [meaning: Korean Arisaema]) |
| (English common name) Japanese arisaema | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
| Description | Leaves 2, 5-13 leaflets each 5-19cm long. Flowers brown or green spathes 5-20cm long, flowering in April to June. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Arisaema serratum (Thunb.) Schott |
| International Ariod Society: The Arisaema Species | |
| Food composition containing antimicrobial plant distillate (US Patent 5525340/1996) | |
| Alternate cigarette and method for preparing the same (US Patent 5992421/1999) | |
| Method for detecting proteins under mutual interaction (US Patent 7122382/2006) | |
| Compositions containing sucralose and application thereof (US Patent 7229658/2007) | |
| Note | Relatively common in Japan. There were many different local common names of Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott. For instance Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott occuring in Kanto region was named as 'Kanto manushi-gusa'. However in today, such local common names are consoridated into a single common name that is 'mamushi-gusa'. Many Japanese authors agree with an opinion that every such local mamushi-gusas should be identified as Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott. |
| Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott is not a synonym of Arisaema amurense Maximovicz. Arisaema amurense Maximovicz forma serratum (Nakai) Kitagawa is a synonym of Arisaema amurense Maximovicz, but not of Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott. Arisaema amurense Maximovicz var. serratum Nakai is a synonym of Arisaema amurense Maximovicz, but not of Arisaema serratum (Thunberg) Schott. |
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| May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
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| April 2007 at mountane forest |
April 2007 at mountane forest |
April 2007 at mountane forest |
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| April 2007 at mountane forest |
April 2007 at mountane forest |
