Symplocarpus [SEP] parent taxon
Symplocarpus
Symplocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia. The genus is characterized by having large leaves and deep root systems with contractile roots used for changing the plant's level with the ground. "Symplocarpus" species grow from a rhizome and their leaves release a foul odor when crushed.
The best known species is "Symplocarpus foetidus", commonly called "skunk cabbage".
Species.
1. "Symplocarpus egorovii" - Primorye region of
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of