Typhonium alismifolium is a species of plant in the Araceae family that is endemic to Australia.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Typhonium |
Species: | T. alismifolium
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Binomial name | |
Typhonium alismifolium F.Muell., 1873
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Description
editThe 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
editThe species is known from the Northern Territory and northeastern Queensland, where it grows in dry rainforest and deciduous vine forest.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.