- Family:
- Typhaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Typha L.
Typha latifolia L.

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- anea, caña de la pasión, enea, espadaña, junco, junco de estera, junco de la pasión, totora
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 1680 - 1680 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba, acuática
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[FTEA]
Typhaceae, D. M. Napper. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Stems erect, stout 1.5–3.5 m. high.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-sheaths abruptly rounded to auriculate at the junction with the blade and scarious-margined, sometimes purple-spotted within; blade linear, up to 2 m. long, 8–10 mm. wide, with an obtuse tip and narrow base, the base flat above and convex beneath in dried material, glabrous, glaucous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of contiguous spikes, each subtended by a caducous foliaceous bract, the ♀ spike sometimes constricted or interrupted, each part with a subtending bract and separated by 0–3.5 cm. Male spike 8–12 cm. long, l.3–l.8(–2.5) cm. wide at maturity; bracteoles linear, beige or pinkish-fawn, ± as long as the stamens; stamens with white filaments stouter than the bracteoles; anthers 3–4 mm. long with the connective produced into an obtuse rounded black tip as broad as the anther, or broader; mature pollen grains adhering in tetrads, pale primrose-yellow. Female spike 13–16(–25) cm. long, 2.5–3.5(–4) cm. wide, yellow-green at first, becoming dark sepia-brown or almost black at maturity; pedicels numerous, filiform, 20–30 per sq. mm.; bracteoles not present; carpodia pale, speckled with red, ± as long as the perigonous hairs; fertile flowers with a broadly lanceolate stigma much longer than the perigonous hairs.
- sex Male
- Male spike 8–12 cm. long, l.3–l.8(–2.5) cm. wide at maturity; bracteoles linear, beige or pinkish-fawn, ± as long as the stamens; stamens with white filaments stouter than the bracteoles; anthers 3–4 mm. long with the connective produced into an obtuse rounded black tip as broad as the anther, or broader; mature pollen grains adhering in tetrads, pale primrose-yellow.
- sex Female
- Female spike 13–16(–25) cm. long, 2.5–3.5(–4) cm. wide, yellow-green at first, becoming dark sepia-brown or almost black at maturity; pedicels numerous, filiform, 20–30 per sq. mm.; bracteoles not present; carpodia pale, speckled with red, ± as long as the perigonous hairs; fertile flowers with a broadly lanceolate stigma much longer than the perigonous hairs.
- Figures
- Fig. 1/9, p. 3.
- Habitat
- In swamps, dams and rivers with permanent flow; 1300–2200 m.
- Distribution
- K3 K4 K5 U3 throughout the north temperate regions of the world, southwards to Kenya and Nigeria in Africa and to the Argentine in America
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1680–1680 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Santander.
- Habit
- Herb, Aquatic.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Anea, Enea, Junco, Junco de estera, Junco de la pasión
[FWTA]
Typhaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- Tall aquatic herb up to 9 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Female inflorescence brown
- sex Female
- Female inflorescence brown
- Ecology
- In permanent water.
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Hawaii, Labrador, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
- Massula latifolia (L.) Dulac
- Typha ambigua Schur ex Rohrb.
- Typha crassa Raf.
- Typha elata Boreau
- Typha elatior Boreau
- Typha elatior Raf.
- Typha elongata Pauquy
- Typha elongata (Dudley) Dudley
- Typha engelmannii A.Br. ex Rohrb.
- Typha intermedia Schur
- Typha latifolia f. divisa Louis-Marie
- Typha latifolia var. elongata Dudley
- Typha latifolia subsp. eulatifolia Graebn.
- Typha latifolia var. obconica Tkachik
- Typha latifolia var. typica Rothm.
- Typha major Curtis
- Typha media Pollini
- Typha palustris Bubani
- Typha pendula Fisch. ex Sond.
- Typha remotiuscula Schur
- Typha spathulifolia Kronf.
- English
- Great Reedmace
Typha latifolia L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2013 | Ratter, J.A. [4300], Brazil | K000837979 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 971 (1753)
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