Typhonium alismifolium
| Typhonium alismifolium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Typhonium alismifolium is a species of plant in the Araceae 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 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.
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