Typhonium weipanum is a species of plant in the arum family that is endemic to Australia.
Typhonium weipanum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Typhonium |
Species: | T. weipanum
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Binomial name | |
Typhonium weipanum |
Etymology
editThe specific epithet weipanum refers to the type locality.[1]
Description
editThe species is a deciduous, geophytic, perennial herb, which sprouts from a tuberous rhizome 2 cm in diameter. The leaves are trilobed. The flower is enclosed in a purple spathe about 9.5 cm long.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species is known only from the vicinity of Weipa, on the tropical Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, where it is found on the edge of open Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Hay, A (1993). "The genus Typhonium (Araceae-Areae) in Australasia". Blumea. 37 (2): 345–376. Retrieved 30 September 2021.