Typhonium brownii, also known as the black arum lily, is a species of plant in the Araceae family that is endemic to Australia.
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| Botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Typhonium |
| Species: | T. brownii
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhonium brownii Schott, 1855
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Description
editThe species is a deciduous, geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a rhizome up to 15 cm long and 2–3 cm in diameter. The deeply trilobed to triangular leaves are borne on stalks up to 30 cm long. The inflorescence has a foecal smell and is pollinated by dung beetles; it is enclosed in a 20 cm long spathe, greenish on the outside and deep purple on the inside. Flowering takes place in summer. The fruits are reddish and about 10 cm in diameter. [1][2]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species is known from south-eastern Queensland and New South Wales, where it grows in areas with rainforest, along the banks of creeks and in the spray zone of waterfalls.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hay, A (1993). "The genus Typhonium (Araceae-Areae) in Australasia". Blumea. 37 (2): 345–376. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ A. Hay (1993). "Typhonium brownii Schott". PlantNET. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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