Typha angustifolia




Family Typhaceae
Scientific name Typha angustifolia L.
Synonyms Typha aequalis Schnizlein; Typha americana Richard ex Rohrbach; Typha angustata Bory & Chaubard subsp. aethiopica (Rohrbach) Kronfeld; Typha angustata Bory & Chaubard var. abyssinica Graebner; Typha angustata Bory & Chaubard var. aethiopica Rohrbach; Typha angustata Bory & Chaubard var. leptocarpa Rohrbach; Typha angustifolia L. subsp. angustata (Bory & Chaubard) Fiori; Typha angustifolia L. subsp. australis (Schumacher & Thonning) Kronfeld; Typha angustifolia L. subsp. domingensis (Persoon) Rohrbach; Typha angustifolia L. subsp. javanica (Schnizlein ex Rohrbach) Graebner; Typha angustifolia L. var. australis (Schumacher & Thonning) Rohrbach; Typha angustifolia L. var. brownii (Kunth) Kronfeld; Typha angustifolia L. var. calumetensis Peattie; Typha angustifolia L. var. domingensis (Persoon) Grisebach; Typha angustifolia L. var. elongata (Dudley) Wiegand; Typha angustifolia L. var. spathacea Borbás; Typha angustifolia L. var. virginica Tidestrom; Typha australis Schumacher & Thonning; Typha basedowii Graebner; Typha bracteata Greene; Typha brownii Kunth; Typha damiatica Ehrenberg ex Rohrbach; Typha domingensis Persoon; Typha domingensis Persoon var. australis (Schumacher & Thonning) Geze; Typha ehrenbergii Schur ex Rohrbach; Typha essequeboensis G. Meyer ex Rohrbach; Typha foveolata Pobedimova; Typha gigantea Schur ex Kunth; Typha gracilis Rafinesque; Typha grossheimii Pobedimova; Typha javanica Schnizlein ex Rohrbach; Typha maxima Schur ex Rohrbach; Typha media Bory & Chaubard; Typha pontica Klokov f. & A. Krasnova; Typha spiralis Rafinesque; Typha truxillensis Kunth
Common name (Japanese common name) hime-gama (ヒメガマ, 姫蒲 [meaning: dwarf gama (gama = Typha latifolia L.)])
(English common name) cattail, lesser reed-mace, nail-rod, small reed-mace, narrowleaf cattail
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Canada, USA
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=30
Description Plants 150-200cm tall. Leaves 80-130cm long, 5-12mm wide. Flowers female inflorescences 6-21cm long, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Typha angustifolia L.
Typha angustifolia L.
Typha angustifolia Linnaeus
Typha domingensis Pers.
Solar aquatic apparatus for treating waste (US Patent 5087353/1992)
Pharmaceutical liquid composition containing bezoar bovis and preparation for its manufacture (US Patent 5133964/1992)
Pharmaceutical liquid composition containing Bezoar bovis (US Patent 5225203/1993)
Pharmaceutical liquid composition containing bezoar bovis and preparation for its manufacture (US Patent 5190757/1993)
Method for the manufacture of fodder and/or soil improving agents from waste material (US Patent 5312632/1994)
Method for treating water (US Patent 5389257/1995)
Reciprocating subsurface-flow constructed wetlands for improving wastewater treatment (US Patent 5863433/1999)
Process for purification of waste waters and contaminant spills based on the use of cultivated emergent macrophytes converted into floating cultures (US Patent 6322699/2001)
Method and system for managing water system habitat environment (US Patent 6387265/2002)
Method for treating cattail blossoms (US Patent 6660323/2003)
System and method for removing pollutants from water (US Patent 6652743/2003)
Sustained totipotent culture of selected monocot genera (US Patent 6821782/2004)
Cholesterol lowering supplement (US Patent 6933291/2005)
External skin care composition (US Patent 6878378/2005)
Soluble composition containing sporopollenin and the use thereof (US Patent 7182965/2007)



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Botanical Garden
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