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|accepted_name=Lysichiton
|accepted_authority=Schott
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|title=Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt
|place=7: 62. 1857 (as Lysichitum)
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|common_names=Skunk-cabbage
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Araceae;Lysichiton
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Araceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lysichiton]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek lysis, dissolve, and chiton, a tunic, referring to the spathe, which withers soon after flowering
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> wetland. <b>Rhizomes</b> vertical. <b>Leaves</b> appearing at or soon after flowering, several, clustered, erect; petiole short; blade shiny medium green, simple, not peltate, elliptic to oblong-ovate or oblanceolate, base cuneate to subtruncate; apex obtuse to acute; primary veins pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle absent; spathe bright yellow [white], boat-shaped, open fully at maturity, not enclosing spadix; spadix nearly cylindric. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; perianth present. <b>Fruits</b> embedded in white pulpy axis of spadix, green. <b>Seeds</b> 2(–4), mucilage probably present. <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=ne Asia and nw North America.
|discussion=<p>Prior to recognition of the North American <i>Lysichiton</i> as a distinct species, the genus contained a single taxon, L. camtschatcensis. This name (in several spelling variations) was previously applied to both Asian and American <i>Lysichiton</i> and is now the valid name for Asian populations. Asian and American plants differ primarily in spathe color, with L. camtschatcensis having white spathes and <i>L. americanus</i>, with yellow spathes.</p><!--
--><p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|id=barab1984a
|text=Barab&eacute, D. and M. Labrecque. 1984. Vascularisation de la fleur de Lysichitum camtschatcense (Araceae). Canad. J. Bot. 62: 1971--1983.
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|id=hult1931a
|text=Hultén, E. and H. St. John. 1931. The American species of Lysichitum. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 25: 453--464.
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|id=pellmyr1986a
|text=Pellmyr, O. and J. M. Patt. 1986. Function of olfactory and visual stimuli in pollination of Lysichiton americanum (Araceae) by a staphylinid beetle. Madroño 33: 47--54.
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|family=Araceae
|distribution=ne Asia and nw North America.
|reference=barab1984a;hult1931a;pellmyr1986a
|publication title=Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt
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