Family: Typhaceae
Typha orientalis
Citation:
C. Presl, Abh. Konigl. Boehm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6:599 (1851).
Synonymy: T. angustifolia sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 45 (1943), partly, non L.; T. muelleri Rohrb., Verh. bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. 11:95 (1869).
Common name: None
Description:
Stems to 2 rarely to 4.5 m high; leaves usually 6-20 mm broad.
Spikes confluent or separated by usually less than 2 cm; the female spike usually 15-20 mm diam., 7-31 cm long.
Published illustration:
Sainty & Jacobs (1981) Waterplants of New South Wales, pp. 416, 418.
Distribution:
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Not as common as T. domingensis.
S.Aust.: LE, EP, MU, SL, KI, SE. All States except the N.T. Widespread in South-East Asia and New Zealand.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: probably in all months.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
The identity of T. basedowii Graebner (1915), Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 13:497, which was originally described from S.Aust., has not been established.
Author:
Not yet available
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