Typhonium alismifolium

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Typhonium alismifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Typhonium
Species:
T. alismifolium
Binomial name
Typhonium alismifolium
F.Muell., 1873

Typhonium alismifolium is a species of plant in the arum family that is endemic to Australia.

Description[edit]

The species is a deciduous, geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a corm about 5 cm in diameter. The oval to trilobed leaves are borne on 10–70 cm long stalks. The flower is enclosed in a 25 cm long spathe, green on the outside, deep brownish-purple on the inside.[1]

Distribution and habitat[edit]

The species is known from the Northern Territory as well as north-eastern Queensland, where it grows in dry rainforest and deciduous vine forest.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Typhonium alismifolium". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 7 November 2021.