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Typha L., Sp. Pl. 971. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 924. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 5: 49. 1884; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 448. 1894; Fedtsch. in Komarov, Fl. U.R.S.S. 1: 165. 1968 (English Translation); Back. in van Steenis Fl. Mal. 4(1): 243. 1954; Napper in Milne-Redhead and Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (Typhaceae): 1. 1971; Hepper in Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 3(1): 131. 1968; Riedl in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 71: 1. 1970; Cook in Tulin et al., Fl. Eur. 5: 275. 1980; A. Baytop in Davis, Fl. Turk. 8:558. 1984.
SAOOD OMER & RIZWAN Y. HASHMI
Characters of the genus that of the family.
In Pakistan, represented by 5 species, distributed from plains to mountainous regions up to ± 3300 m.
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Floral bracts present |
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Floral bracts absent |
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Staminate and pistillate parts of inflorescence contiguous; leaves broadly linear, not overtopping the inflorescence; stigma lanceolate or rhombic |
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1 Typha latifolia |
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Staminate and pistillate parts of inflorescence separate; leaves narrow, not more than 4 mm broad, greatly overtopping the inflorescence; stigma not lanceolate |
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2 Typha laxmannii |
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Plants 30-60 cm high, elegant, with slender stem, flowering stem surrounded at base by several short, bladeless lance tipped sheaths; male spikes glabrous |
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3 Typha minima |
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Plants 150-300 cm high, robust, stem stout, flowering stem not surrounded by short lance tipped bladeless sheath; male spikes covered with hairs |
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Leaves upto 12 mm broad, semi-cylindric above the sheath, flat dorsally; stigma linear |
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5 Typha domingensis |
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Leaves 25-40 mm broad, trigonous above the sheath, angularly keeled dorsally; stigma lanceolate |
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4 Typha elephantina |
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Lower Taxa
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