Amorphophallus galbra (galbra, cheeky yam)

Amorphophallus galbra F.M.Bailey (1893 February) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in WA, NT, Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld.. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 500 m.
Grows in beach forest, monsoon forest, gallery rain forest and some of the drier types of rain forest.
There is some evidence that populations of this species are adversely affected by wild pigs digging up and eating the tubers.
Also occurs in New Guinea.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Amorphophallus galbra F.M.Bailey (1893 February): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/86138/api/apni-format .
Amorphophallus ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Amorphophallus&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
Viewed: 2026 March 10th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Amorphophallus galbra F.M.Bailey fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Amorphophallus_galbra.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 March 10th .

• Forster Paul I, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Amorphophallus galbra F.M.Bailey – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Western Australian Herbarium (1998–).
Florabase—the Western Australian flora.
... profile page: → https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
→ https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/
Viewed: 2026 March 10th . 

• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015–)
FloraNT Northern Territory Flora Online . 
Amorphophallus galbra F.M.Bailey fact sheet:→ https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=306 . 
Department of Land Resource Management .
→ http://eflora.nt.gov.au
Viewed: 2026 March 10th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—page: 59 . 
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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