Typhonium peltandroides
Typhonium peltandroides is a species of plant in the arum family that is endemic to Australia.
| Typhonium peltandroides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Typhonium |
| Species: | T. peltandroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhonium peltandroides | |
Etymology
The specific epithet peltandroides alludes to the similarity of the leaf venation to that of the American aroid genus Peltandra.[1]
Description
The species is a deciduous geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a hemispherical corm about 5 cm in diameter. The oval leaves are 14–34 cm long by 7–11.7 cm wide, on a 15–50 cm long stalk. The flower is enclosed in a spathe, green on the outside, deep reddish-purple on the inside, appearing in late December and January. Fruiting occurs from mid-January to March.[2][1]
Distribution and habitat
The species is known only from the tropical Northern Kimberley IBRA bioregion of north-west Western Australia, where the type specimen was collected from Grevillea Gorge in the Synnott Range. There it grows in shallow sandy soil on a sandstone substrate, in rainforest thickets or with Triodia grasses on rock ledges along the sides of the gorge.[2]
References
- Hay, A; Barrett, MD; Barrett, RL (1999). "A new species of Typhonium (Araceae: Areae) from the West Kimberley, Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 13 (1): 243.
- F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Typhonium peltandroides". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 7 November 2021.