The specific epithetjonesii honours Australian botanist David L. Jones who made valuable collections of Typhonium species in the Northern Territory in 1984.[2]
Descriptionedit
The species is a small, deciduous, geophytic, perennialherb, 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]
^ abcd"Approved Conservation Advice for Typhonium jonesii" (PDF). Threatened Species. Department of the Environment, Australia. 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^ abHay, A (1993). "The genus Typhonium (Araceae-Areae) in Australasia". Blumea. 37 (2): 345–376. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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typhonium, jonesii, species, plant, arum, family, that, endemic, australia, conservation, statusendangered, epbc, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, monocotsorder, alismatalesfamily, araceaegenus, typhoniumsp. Typhonium jonesii is a species of plant in the arum family that is endemic to Australia Typhonium jonesiiConservation statusEndangered EPBC Act 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AlismatalesFamily AraceaeGenus TyphoniumSpecies T jonesiiBinomial nameTyphonium jonesiiA Hay 1993 2 Contents 1 Etymology 2 Description 3 Distribution and habitat 4 Conservation 5 ReferencesEtymology editThe specific epithet jonesii honours Australian botanist David L Jones who made valuable collections of Typhonium species in the Northern Territory in 1984 2 Description editThe 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 Distribution and habitat editThe species is only known from the Tiwi Islands off the northern coast of the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory It is found in eucalypt woodland and rainforest on rocky hills and in plantations 1 Conservation editThe species is listed as Endangered under Australia s EPBC Act The main potential threats include land clearing for forestry habitat disturbance by feral animals such as water buffalos horses pigs and cattle weed invasion by mission grass and gamba grass and inappropriate fire regimes 1 References edit a b c d Approved Conservation Advice for Typhonium jonesii PDF Threatened Species Department of the Environment Australia 2014 Retrieved 28 September 2021 a b Hay A 1993 The genus Typhonium Araceae Areae in Australasia Blumea 37 2 345 376 Retrieved 30 September 2021 nbsp This Araceae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Typhonium jonesii amp oldid 1164222296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
