• Thermogenic plants have the ability to raise their temperature above that of the surrounding air. Heat is generated in the mitochondria, as a secondary...
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    Argentine black and white tegu § Endothermic behavior Mesotherm Thermogenic plant Footnotes Greek: ἔνδον endon "within" θέρμη thermē "heat" Greek: ὅμοιος...
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    Symplocarpus foetidus (category Thermogenic plants)
    frozen ground. One mechanism behind maintaining heat around the plant is the thermogenic oscillation of the spadix: independent of light, a precise thermal...
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    Arum maculatum (category Thermogenic plants)
    jack-in-the-pulpit and other names (see common names), is a woodland flowering plant species in the family Araceae. It is native across most of Europe, as well...
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    Amorphophallus titanum (category Thermogenic plants)
    Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The inflorescence...
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  • occurs in all warm-blooded animals, and also in a few species of thermogenic plants such as the Eastern skunk cabbage, the Voodoo lily (Sauromatum venosum)...
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    greenhouse in space, a shell grown by a mollusc or the actions of thermogenic plants, such as the skunk cabbage or the voodoo lily. A Dyson tree might...
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    Nelumbo nucifera (category Thermogenic plants)
    Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water...
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    Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (category Thermogenic plants)
    paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia. It is cultivated for its edible tubers...
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    Sauromatum venosum (category Thermogenic plants)
    which pollinate the plant. Like some other aroids it is a thermogenic plant, generating its own heat. This is a readily cultivated plant, popular as an ornamental...
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