Typhonium

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

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Read about Typhonium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Typhonium (an old name of some plant of the family, named for Typhon, a mythological giant). Araceae. Perennial tuberous herbs, occasionally grown in the greenhouse. Lvs. appearing with the fls., sagittate or hastate, 3-5-lobed or -parted or pedately cut; petiole elongated: peduncle usually short: spathes persistent, throat constricted, blade ovate or lanceolate; spadix sessile or stipitate, included; male infl. cylindrical, female short : fls. in an appendiculate monoecious spadix, male and female elements remote; perianth none; stamens in the male fl. 1-3; ovary in female fl. ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 1-celled: berry ovoid, 1-2-seeded. — About 20 species, Trop. Asia, Austral., and islands of the Pacific. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

Selected Species^wp:

• 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 flagelliforme
• 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 venosum (Voodoo Lily)
• Typhonium violaefolium
• Typhonium watanabei
• Typhonium weipanum
• Typhonium wilbertii

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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