- Family:
- Typhaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Typha L.
Typha elephantina Roxb.

[FWTA]
Typhaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- A herb
- Ecology
- Growing on the edge of permanent water and invading bare or cultivated land.
Native to:
Algeria, Assam, Bangladesh, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen
Typha elephantina Roxb. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 566 (1832)
Accepted by
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India Pleione 3: 190-200.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- A. Raynal in Ann. Fac. Sci. Dakar 9: 168 (1963).
- Adam in Bull. I.F.A.N. 23: 399-405 (1961)
- Fl. Ind. 3: 566 (1832)
- Graebn. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 8 Typhac.: 11 (1900)
- Maire in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 3: 52 (1933)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
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