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| Family : TYPHACEAE |
| Protologue : Syn. Pl. (Persoon) 2[2]: 532 (1807) |
| Information on the genus : Typha |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Typha australis Schumach. (1827) |
| =Typha angustifolia subsp. australis (Schumach.) Graebn. (1900) |
| =Typha aequalis Schnizl. |
| =Typha angustata Bory & Chaub. (1832) |
| =Typha angustifolia subsp. angustata (Bory & Chaub.) Briq. (1910) |
| =Typha angustata var. abyssinica Graebn. |
| =Typha angustata var. aethiopica Rohrb. |
| =Typha aethiopica (Rohrb.) Kronfeldt (1889) |
| =*Typha angustifolia auct. non L. |
| =Typha schimperi Rohrb. (1869) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Larger and more robust than T. capensis; to 1-5 m tall; leaf-sheaths to 1,5 m with sloping scarious-margined shoulders, rarely rounded at top; median leaves purple-spotted within and up the base of the blade; blade linear to 1,5 m x 0,8-1,3 cm, midrib flat or semilunar; scape to 4 m; male spike 17-40 cm long, 0,9-1,5 cm Ø, not (or rarely) contiguous with the female 18-34 cm long, 1,4-2,2 cm Ø, bright chestnut or reddish-brown at maturity, gap 1-3-9 cm long; female flowers always with bracteoles with shortly macronate apex. |
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| Ecology : |
Swamps (reed-), dams; margins of lakes, rivers, lagoons, pools; to 2 m deep fresh or brackish water; fine textured soils; often in disturbed places; sometimes in large formations; 0-2250 m alt. According to Burkill, l.c. forming a sudd blanket in the Senegal River and the Niger Delta. |
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In temperate regions replaced by the closely related T. angustifolia L. |
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Canary Isl., N. Africa; Cape Verde Isl.; Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa ?, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles; tropical and subtropical regions worldwide; also Mediterranean Region and beyond |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Hydrophyte, Hyperhydate- Ht 2 m. Alt: 900 - 1900 m. Distribution: BOT |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb, Emergent Aquatic; Humid, Subhumid, Dry, Subarid; Freshwater Wetland, Saline Wetland; 0-499 m, 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Mascarenes, Seychelles, Africa, Asia, Australasia/Pacific, New World, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (2010). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 13: 87
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for North Africa :
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1976). Flora of Libya. 20: 2
- Fl. Eur. 5: 276 (1980).
- VALDES, B., S. TALAVERA & E. FERNANDEZ-GALIANO (ed.) (1987). Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, vol. 3 3: 423
 - BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice.
- BOULOS, L. (1995). Flora of Egypt. Checklist.
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 3: 117 (2002).
- BOULOS, L. & E. LE FLOC'H (2008). Flore de Tunisie : catalogue synonymique commenté
- FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, J. MATHEZ, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (2014). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.3] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 3: 453
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°42881 modified 2009-05-20 |
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