Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Typhonium sp. aff. brownii
Gazetted date:
24 Sep 1999
Profile last updated:
21 Aug 2018
Description
The Stinky Lily is a deciduous herb about 20 cm tall which sprouts a few long-stemmed leaves each year from an underground tuber. The soft, thin leaves are about 10 cm long, appearing triangular, three-lobed or sometimes divided fully into three leaflets. The lobes or leaflets have distinctive white veins, wavy margins and long drawn-out tips. The flower is fleshy and emits a foul smell, which attracts flies. The fruits are small, green globes. The related species Typhonium brownii has broader lobes or leaflets and green veins. Stinky Lily has recently been recognised as a distinct species Typhonium clemeshae.
Distribution
Only known from four locations in the ranges west of Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga: Kangaroo River, Bruxner Park, Bindarri National Park and Upper Corindi.
Habitat and ecology
- Occurs on reasonably fertile soils, in moist eucalypt forest and the moist eucalypt forest-subtropical rainforest interface.
- Its remaining habitat is now significantly disturbed.
- Some of the known populations comprise only a few plants.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Habitat loss and fragmentation.
- Timber harvesting activities.
- Road-works.
- Invasion of habitat by plants that favour disturbance, particularly Lantana and Native Grape (Cissus species).
- Risk of local extinction because numbers are low.
Recovery strategies
Priority actions are the specific, practical things that must be done to recover a threatened species, population or ecological
community. The Office of Environment and Heritage has identified
10 priority actions
to help recover the Stinky Lily in New South Wales.
Activities to assist this species
- Identify roadside populations and protect them during works.
- Control Lantana and Native Grape in Stinky Lily habitat.
- Protect moist forest habitats from clearing, fragmentation and disturbance by timber harvesting activities.
- Notify the DEC of any new records of Stinky Lily.
Information sources
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (2002) Threatened Species of the Upper North Coast of NSW: Flora. (NSW NPWS, Coffs Harbour)
- NSW Scientific Committee (1999) Typhonium sp. aff. brownii (a plant) - Endangered species determination - final. DEC (NSW), Sydney.
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