Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
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Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus The Earliest Wildflower
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Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus. The Earliest Wildflower. Endothermy in Plants . Skunk cabbage plants in family Araceae use metabolic heat to warm flowers…are thermogenic infloresence is 15-35°C higher than environment; melts snow - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Skunk CabbageSymplocarpus foetidus
The Earliest Wildflower
Endothermy in Plants
• Skunk cabbage– plants in family Araceae use metabolic heat to
warm flowers…are thermogenic– infloresence is 15-35°C higher than environment;
melts snow– heat produced by high rate of respiration (starch
transported from root to inflorescence)– metabolic rate varies with environmental
temperature