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

Etymology

The specific epithet wilbertii honours Dutch botanist Wilbert Hetterscheid.

Typhonium wilbertii

Description

The species is a deciduous, geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a corm 3–4 cm in diameter. The greyish-green leaves are usually trilobed and 13–28 cm by 17–30 cm. The flower is enclosed in a green spathe about 13 cm long. The fruits are orange berries.

Typhonium wilbertii

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs on the tropical Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland. It is found on the edges of notophyll rainforest on mudstone soils at elevations of 90–150 m.

Typhonium wilbertii

References

wilbertii

Monocots of Australia

Flora of Queensland

Plants described in 1993

Taxa named by Alistair Hay