TYPHONIUM SP. KUNUNURRA — CONSERVATION STATUS
990. Hon KEN BASTON to the Minister for Environment:
(1) Could the
minister please advise the conservation status of the flowering plant Typhonium
sp. Kununurra in Western Australia?
(2) Could the
minister please advise whether it has the same or similar status in the Northern
Territory?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
On behalf of the Minister for
Environment, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) Typhonium
sp. Kununurra—A.N. Start ANS 1467—is listed in Western Australia
under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 as a threatened species under the
category of ''endangered''.
(2) In the
Northern Territory, the conservation status of Typhonium sp. Kununurra—A.N.
Start ANS 1467—is listed as ''Not Evaluated''.