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49.000 Typha
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Description of the genus
Herbs, often emergent, caulescent in flower, smooth, glabrous; rhizome creeping, submerged, scaly; aerial stem erect, with or without nodes. Leaves radical or cauline, elongated. Inflorescence terminal, cylindric, superposed spike. Flowers numerous, densely crowded, brown, hairy. Fruit a follicle, dehiscing longitudinally by a slit. Seed striate. Worldwide: Species 29 in marshy and aquatic habitats worldwide. Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capensis (Rohrb.) N.E. Br. | N | Description, Image |
| domingensis Pers. | N,S | Image |
Other sources of information about Typha:
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Flora of Botswana: TyphaFlora of Caprivi: Typha
Flora of Mozambique: Typha
Flora of Zambia: Typha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Typha
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TyphaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Typha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Typha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Typha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Typha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Typha
JSTOR Plant Science: Typha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Typha
Plants of the World Online: Typha
Tropicos: Typha
Wikipedia: Typha
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