Typhonium roxburghiiSchott

WFO wfo-0000328968 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-05 / obs. 204394215
Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173835680
Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164533546
Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. d agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56110016
Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57356269
Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. f Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18268155
Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. g Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52947829
Typhonium roxburghii, photographed by Aravinth
fig. h Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151437403

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Typhonium roxburghii is native: China South-Central, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Northern Territory China South-CentralTaiwanBangladeshBorneoIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandNorthern Territory Andaman Is.Laccadive Is.
Native distribution of Typhonium roxburghii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA

Not drawn on the map: Ogasawara-shoto. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arum diversifolium Blume
  • Arum roxburghii Thwaites
  • Dracunculus divaricatus Raf.
  • Typhonium amboinense Blatt. & McCann
  • Typhonium divaricatum Blume
  • Typhonium divaricatum var. mottleyanum (Schott) Engl.
  • Typhonium divaricatum var. robustum Blume
  • Typhonium divaricatum var. roxburghii (Schott) Engl.
  • Typhonium divaricatum var. schottii (Prain) Engl.
  • Typhonium javanicum Miq.
  • Typhonium mottleyana Schott
  • Typhonium schottii Prain

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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