Biology:Typhonium alismifolium
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| 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 arum family that is endemic to Australia .
Description
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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Typhonium alismifolium". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Typhonium_alismifolium.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q15330027 entry
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