Typhonium praetermissum
Typhonium praetermissum | |
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Typhonium praetermissu, NT Herbarium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Typhonium |
Species: | T. praetermissum
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Binomial name | |
Typhonium praetermissum | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Lazarum praetermissum |
Typhonium praetermissum is a species of plant in the arum family that is endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia.[3] In 2022, Hay and others resurrected the genus, Lazarum, and renamed the species as Lazarum praetermissum[4] (a name accepted by Plants of the World Online).[5]
Description
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The species is a geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a corm. The leaves vary from oval in shape to deeply divided, up to 4.5 cm long, on a stalk up to 5.5 cm long. The flower is enclosed in a brown and maroon spathe 4 cm long. The small fruits appear in November and December.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory, with a range limited to the vicinity of Darwin and the Litchfield shire including Middle Arm, Virginia, Karama, Noonamah, the Palmerston escarpment and Mandorah.[6] Many sub-populations are under increasing pressure from development and weed incursion.[7]
It is found mainly in open woodland habitats with red-brown clay or lateritic soils,[3] typically in Eucalyptus miniata woodland on well drained soils, and on the margins of plateaus.[7]
Conservation status
[edit]NT Flora lists the species as "vulnerable".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Hay, A (1997). "Two new species and a new combination in Australian Typhonium (Araceae Tribe Areae)". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 54 (3): 329–336. doi:10.1017/S0960428600004157.
- ^ "Typhonium praetermissum A.Hay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ a b c John Westaway & Ian Cowie (2012). "Typhonium praetermissum" (PDF). Threatened Species of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Hay, A., Barrett, M. D., Hetterscheid, W. L. A., & E2, R. N. B. (2022). "New combinations in resurrected Lazarum A. Hay (Araceae–Areae)". Aroideana. 45: 133–137.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Lazarum praetermissum (A.Hay) M.D.Barrett, A.Hay & Hett. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Holmes, Jarrad; Bisa, Deborah; Hill, Audrey; Crase, Beth (May 2005). A Guide to Threatened, Near Threatened and Data Deficient Plants in the Litchfield Shire of the Northern Territory. Ultimo, Australia: WWF-Australia. p. 6. ISBN 1-87594185-1.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b "Threatened Species of the Greater Darwin Region - Typhonium praetermissum" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. July 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "NT Flora factsheet: Typhonium praetermissum". efloraNT.gov.au. Retrieved 12 January 2024.