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Typha
| Description | Typha is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush or reedmace, in American English as reed, wild corn dog, cattail, or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupo. Other taxa of plants may be known as bulrush, including some sedges in Scirpus and related genera. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typha, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Poales : Typhaceae : Typha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Typhales : Typhaceae : Typha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Typha L. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. A. Nieto and A. R. Prieto. 1987. Análisis palinológico del Holoceno Tardío del sitio "Fortin Necochea" (Partido de Gral. Lamadrid, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Ameghiniana 24(3-4):271-276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Cattail, Rohrkolben, Kaveldun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typha |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Typha angustifolia x Typha domingensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha angustifolia x shuttleworthii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha domingensis x Typha laxmannii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha latifolia x Typha laxmannii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha angustifolia x latifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha angustifolia × latifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha latifolia × laxmannii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha albida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha alekseevii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha angustifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha argoviensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha austro-orientalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha azerbaijanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha baetulona species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha bavarica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha biarmica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha capensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha caspica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha changbaiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha davidiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha domingensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha elephantina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha gezei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha glauca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha grossheimii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha hercynica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha incana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha joannis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha kalatensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha latifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha laxmannii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha lesquereuxi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 13.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Typha linnaei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha lugdunensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha minima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha orientalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha pallida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha paludosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha provincialis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha przewalskii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha shuttleworthii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha sinantropica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha sistanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha smirnovii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha soligorskiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha spec species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha subulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha suwensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha tichomirovii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha turcomanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha tzvelevii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha valentinii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typha varsobica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Rohrbachia Mavrodiev (Kronf. ex Riedl) | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Poales : Typhaceae : Rohrbachia |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1789 | Typha Jussieu |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
