Typha latifolia

Family	Typhaceae
Scientific name	Typha latifolia L.
Synonyms	Massula latifolia (L.) Dulac; Typha crassa Rafinesque; Typha elatior Rafinesque; Typha engelmannii A. Braun ex Rohrbach; Typha foveolata Pobedimova; Typha latifolia L. forma ambigua (Sonder) Kronfeld; Typha latifolia L. subsp. eulatifolia Graebner; Typha latifolia L. var. typica Fiori; Typha major Curtis; Typha spathulaefolia Kronfeld
Common name	(Japanese common name) gama (ガマ, 蒲 [meaning of gama is unclear (some authors worte that gama was an ancient language)])
	(English common name) broadleaf cattail, common cattail, giant reed-mace, great cattail
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Australia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Afganistan, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
Habitat	Swamp
Chromosomal number	2n=30
Description	Plants 150-200cm tall. Leaves linear, 100-200cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers bracts 10-20cm long, male inflorescences 7-12cm long, female inflorescences 12-18cm long, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference	Typha latifolia L.
	Typha latifolia Linnaeus
	Typha latifolia L.
	Acids and esters of 5-(2-optionally substituted-4-trifluoromethyl-6-optionally substituted phenoxy)-2-nitro, -halo, or-cyano alpha substituted phenyl carboxy oximes, and method of controlling weeds with them (US Patent 4344789/1982)
	Method for treating wastewater using microorganisms and vascular aquatic plants (US Patent 4415450/1983)
	Assaying allergen specific IgE levels with fluorogenic enzyme labeled antibody (US Patent 4849337/1989)
	Detergent composition containing a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant and a carboxylate anionic surfactant (US Patent 4919846/1990)
	Hydrological system for a closed ecological system (US Patewnt 5322035/1994)
	Integrated aquaculture and bioremediation system and method (US Patent 5820759/1998)
	Water purificant (US Patent 6254800/2001)
	Isolation and use of perchlorate and nitrate reducing bacteria (US Patent 6423533/2002)
	Method for treating cattail blossoms (US Patent 6660323/2003)
	Starch synthase polynucleotides and their use in the production of new starches (US Patent 6734341/2004)
	Nucleic acid molecules from wheat encoding an R1-protein, and transgenic plant cells and plants comprising the nucleic acid molecules (US Patent 7122727/2006)
	Alteration of oil traits in plants (US Patent 7294759/2007)
	Tertiary filter septic system and method (US Patent 7407577/2008)
	Waste treatment systems (US Patent 7361268/2008)
	Myo-inositol oxygenases (US Patent 7326549/2008)
	Plastidic phosphoglucomutase genes (US Patent 7323560/2008)
	Floating wetland structures for use in water remediation (US Patent 7314562/2008)
	Cloned and engineered plants and methods of use for bioremediation (WIPO Patent WO/2000/066757)

July 2008 at lowland swamp	July 2008 at lowland swamp	July 2008 at lowland swamp

Variegatas

June 2009 at Ohsaka City University Botanical Garden