A non-blooming Pinellia may be taken as an Arisaema.
The female part of spadix is fused to the spathe, and the spadix has usually a long tail-shaped appendix.
The genus belongs to the subfamily Aroideae, tribe Arisaemataceae.
There are about 8-10 species in the genus.
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pedatisecta | ternata |
| Link to Roy Herold's Pinellia page. Link to Krzysztof Kozminski's pages on Pinellia. |