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Typha / ˈ t aɪ f ə / is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush [4] or (mainly historically) reedmace, [5] in American English as cattail, [6] or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō, bullrush, [7 ...
Typha angustifolia grows 1.5–2 metres (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) high (rarely to 3 m) and has slender leaves 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) broad, obviously slenderer than in the related Typha latifolia; ten or fewer leaves arise from each vegetative shoot. The leaves are deciduous, appearing in spring and dying down in the autumn.
Typha orientalis, commonly known as bulrush, cumbungi, [2] or raupō, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha. It is native to Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, China and the Russian Far East ( Sakhalin and Primorye ).
Typha × provincialis is a plant of hybrid origin, endemic to southern France. Type collection was obtained from near St. Tropez in Provence . It apparently originated as a cross between the two very widespread species T. domingensis and T. latifolia .
Typha capensis is an aquatic plant known from southern and eastern Africa as far north as Uganda. [3] It has also been reported from Brazil. [4] The rhizomes of Typha capensis are used medicinally in southern Africa. It is reported to improve circulation and to enhance male libido and performance. [5]
Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous wetland plant in the genus Typha. It is known in English as bulrush [ 4 ] [ 5 ] (sometimes as common bulrush [ 6 ] to distinguish from other species of Typha ), and in American as broadleaf cattail. [ 7 ]
Typha The Typhaceae ( / t aɪ ˈ f eɪ s i i / ) are a family of flowering plants , sometimes called the cattail family . [ 2 ] The botanical name for the family has been recognized by most taxonomists.
Typha latifolia. Typhales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. [1] [2] In the Cronquist system the name was used for an order placed in the subclass Commelinidae. The order consisted of (1981): order Typhales family Sparganiaceae family Typhaceae; The APG IV system, used here, assigns the plants involved to the order Poales.