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Typha australis

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Filed as Typha australis K. Schum. & Thonner [family TYPHACEAE]
Typha latifolia L. subsp. capensis Rohrb. [family TYPHACEAE]
Holotype of Typha australis Schumach. and Thonn. [family TYPHACEAE]
Filed as Typha australis Schum. & Thonn. [family TYPHACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Typha domingensis Pers. [family TYPHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Typha australis Schumach. and Thonn. [family TYPHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Typha capensis
  • Typha domingensis
  • Typha angustifolia
  • Typha australis
  • Typha latifolia
  • Typha aequinoctinalis
Common name
  • dadi (JB; K&A) et (JB; K&A) yet (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bulrush: cat’s tail: Indian reedmace., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bendem (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • mampufa matcho ( (GUINEA-BISSAU, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bogo-tugdo (JDES) lussumonhe (JDES) umpam-ham (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • roseau; massette., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bahor the flower-head (JMD) balax (K&A) sâko (auctt.) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for TYPHA australis Schum. and Thonn. [family TYPHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 30, (1900) Author: (By N. E. BROWN.)
Names
TYPHA australis Schum. and Thonn. [family TYPHACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl. 401;—Schum. and Thonn. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. 1829, 175; Kronfeld in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Gesselsch. Wien, 1889, 156, t. 5, f. 4.
TYPHA angustifolia Rohrbach var. australis [family TYPHACEAE], in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xi. 83.
Information
plant attaining 5–6 ft. in height, glabrous; blade of leaf 1 1/2–5 ft. long, 2–5 lin. broad, linear or strap-shaped, obtusely pointed, convex on the back and not keeled at its junction with the sheath; male and female spikes subequal, or the female longest, 4 1/2–10 in. long, contiguous or separated by a short interval; stamens mixed with reddish-brown, spathulate scales or bracteoles, that are variously lobed and toothed in the dilated portion; pollen simple; female flowers bracteolate; bracteoles lanceolate-spathulate or fusiform-clavate, acute or acuminate, longer than the hairs and nearly as long as the stigma, brownish; stigma linear, longer than the hairs, mottled with brown; hairs filiform. null
Range
Also in Tropical and North Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Prince Albert Div.; between Drie Koppen and Blood River, Drège, 8810.COAST REGION Uitenhage Div.; between Van Stadens Berg and Bethelsdorp, under 1000 ft., Drège. 8811!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Krebs, Masson, Bergius.
Notes
This differs from T. angustifolia in the form of the bracteoles, and the finer hairs of the female perianth.

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