Typhonium johnsonianum

Typhonium johnsonianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Typhonium
Species:	T. johnsonianum
Binomial name
	Typhonium johnsonianum; A.Hay & S.M.Taylor, 1996

Typhonium johnsonianum 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 hemispherical, cream-coloured corm. The oval, dull light green leaves are 3.5 cm long by 1.7 cm wide, on a 4 cm long stalk. The flower is enclosed in a green, brown and maroon spathe 5 cm long, appearing in December.^[2]

Distribution and habitat[]

The species is only known from the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory. The type locality is an open grassy clearing between Acacia auriculiformis / Melaleuca forest and Lophostemon lactifluus forest, near the edge of a floodplain, in well-drained sandy soil with a high water table during the wet season.^[2]

References[]

^ Hay, A; Taylor, SM (1996). "A new species of Typhonium Schott (Araceae-Areae) from the Northern Territory, with notes on the conservation status of two Areae endemic to the Tiwi Islands". Telopea. 6 (4): 563–567. doi:10.7751/telopea19963024.
^ ^a ^b "Typhonium johnsonianum A.Hay & S.M.Taylor". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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[hay1996-1] Hay, A; Taylor, SM (1996). "A new species of Typhonium Schott (Araceae-Areae) from the Northern Territory, with notes on the conservation status of two Areae endemic to the Tiwi Islands". Telopea. 6 (4): 563–567. doi:10.7751/telopea19963024.

[potwo-2] "Typhonium johnsonianum A.Hay & S.M.Taylor". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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