A taxonomic treatment of the genus Typhonium in Taiwan follows. Living material for the study was cultivated in the shade house of the Department of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University. In addition, specimens preserved in HAST, HCT, TAI, TAIF, TNU were examined. Taxonomic Treatment Typhonium Schott Small perennial herb, often with thickened rhizomatous or tuberous subterranean stems. Flowers unisexual, without perianth.
Sterile flowers capitate, clavate, subulate, or filiform.
Infructescence 3 Corresponding author. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Vol. Seeds one or two. Key to Species of Typhonium of Taiwan 1. T. blumei 1.