''Typhonium jinpingense'', common name "artist's aroid," is a plant species native to Jingping County, Yunnan Province,

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. It grows in wet fields and on stream banks at elevations of .Z.T. Wang, H. Li & F.H. Bian. 2002. ''Typhonium jinpingense:'' a new species from Yunnan China with the lowest diploid chromosome number in Araceae. Novon 12:286-289.
/ref> ''Typhonium jinpingense'' is a deciduous

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with a tuberous

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. It produces one to three leaves, each heart-shaped to arrowhead-shaped, up to long. Spathe is egg-shaped, green below, dark purple above, about long. Spadix is greenish to yellows, about long, with a purple tip. Chromosome number: 2n=10.Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2010. Flora of China (Acoraceae through Cyperaceae). 23: 1–515. In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Flora of China Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

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{{taxonbar, from=Q15330415 flora of Yunnan jinpingense Plants described in 2002