| Typha elephantina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Typhaceae |
| Genus: | Typha |
| Species: | T. elephantina |
| Binomial name | |
| Typha elephantina Roxb. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Typha elephantina is a plant species widespread across northern Africa and southern Asia. It is considered native in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Senegal, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, the Palestine region, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Burma. It grows in freshwater marshes and on the banks of lakes and streams.
References
- The Plant List
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Typha elephantina
- William Roxburgh. 1832. Flora indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants 3: 566–567, Typha elephantina
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| Typha elephantina |
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- Typha
- Freshwater plants
- Flora of Tajikistan
- Flora of Uzbekistan
- Flora of the Indian subcontinent
- Flora of Palestine (region)
- Flora of Israel
- Flora of Saudi Arabia
- Flora of Yemen
- Flora of Yunnan
- Flora of Turkmenistan
- Flora of Ethiopia
- Flora of Eritrea
- Flora of Chad
- Flora of Senegal
- Flora of Mauritania
- Flora of Libya
- Flora of Egypt
- Flora of Algeria
- Flora of China
- Plants described in 1832