Typhonium
Encyclopedia
Typhonium is a genus
in the Araceae
family
endemic to tropical Asia
, the South Pacific
, and Australia
. It consists of approximately 50 species that are typically found growing in wooded areas.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the Araceae
Araceae
Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
endemic to tropical Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, the South Pacific
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
, and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It consists of approximately 50 species that are typically found growing in wooded areas.
Selected species
- Typhonium acetosella
- Typhonium adnatum
- Typhonium albidinervum
- Typhonium albispathum
- Typhonium alismifolium
- Typhonium alpinum
- Typhonium angustilobum
- Typhonium bachmaense
- Typhonium blumei
- Typhonium bognerianum
- Typhonium brevipilosum
- Typhonium brevipes
- Typhonium brownii
- Typhonium bulbiferum
- Typhonium circinnatum
- Typhonium cochleare
- Typhonium cordifolium
- Typhonium digitatum
- Typhonium diversifolium (T. austrotibeticum)
- Typhonium echinulatum
- Typhonium eliosurum
- Typhonium filiforme
- Typhonium flagelliformeTyphonium flagelliformeTyphonium flagelliforme is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae....
- Typhonium fultum
- Typhonium gagnepainii
- Typhonium gallowayi
- Typhonium gaoligongense
- Typhonium giganteum
- Typhonium glaucum
- Typhonium gracile
- Typhonium griseum
- Typhonium hayatae
- Typhonium hirsutum
- Typhonium horsfieldii (T. omeiense)
- Typhonium huense
- Typhonium hunanense
- Typhonium inopinatum
- Typhonium johnsonianum
- Typhonium jonesii
- Typhonium laoticum
- Typhonium liliifolium
- Typhonium lineare
- Typhonium listeri
- Typhonium medusae
- Typhonium mirabile
- Typhonium nudibaccatum
- Typhonium orbifolium
- Typhonium pedatisectum
- Typhonium pedunculatum
- Typhonium peltandroides
- Typhonium penicillatum
- Typhonium pottingeri
- Typhonium preatermissum
- Typhonium pusillum
- Typhonium reflexum
- Typhonium roxburghii (T. divaricatum)
- Typhonium russell-smithii
- Typhonium sagittariifolium
- Typhonium saraburiensis
- Typhonium subglobosum
- Typhonium taylorii
- Typhonium tentaculatum
- Typhonium trifoliatum
- Typhonium trilobatum
- Typhonium varians
- Typhonium venosumSauromatum venosumSauromatum venosum syn. Sauromatum guttatum Schott, Arum cornutum , is an ornamental plant in the Araceae family.- Description :...
syn. Sauromatum venosum (Voodoo Lily) - Typhonium violaefolium
- Typhonium watanabei
- Typhonium weipanum
- Typhonium wilbertii