Typhonium jonesii

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Typhonium jonesii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Typhonium
Species:
T. jonesii
Binomial name
Typhonium jonesii
A.Hay, 1993[2]

Typhonium jonesii is a species of plant in the arum family that is endemic to Australia.

The specific epithet jonesii honours Australian botanist David L. Jones who made valuable collections of Typhonium species in the Northern Territory in 1984.[2]

Description

The species is a small, deciduous, geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a corm about 2.5 cm in diameter. The leaf is deeply trilobed. The flower is enclosed in a pale mauve-cream spathe, appearing in December.[1]

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