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Typha (bulrush)

Angiospermae - Poales - Typhaceae

Taxonomy
Typha was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Typha latifolia.

It was assigned to Typhaceae by Jussieu (1789), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Typha Linnaeus
1789Typha Jussieu
1919Typha Knowlton
1926Typha Knowlton
1976Typha Lakhanpal et al.
1991Typha Chauhan
1996Typha Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
orderPoales
familyTyphaceae
genusTypha

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Typha Linnaeus 1753 [bulrush]
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Typha angustata Bory de Saint-Vincent and Chaubard 1832
Typha angustifolia Linnaeus 1753
Typha latifolia Linnaeus 1753
†Typha lesquereuxi Cockerell 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (179 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Typha sp. (34971 34974)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Typha sp. (61321)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Typha sp. (34921 34968 34969 34970)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Typha sp. (223817)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Typha pliocenica (24322)
Graybullian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Typha sp. 1 (11336 11343 11350 11463 11473 11475) Typha sp.1 (11398 11436)
Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Typha sp. 1 (11330 11481)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Typha sp.1 (11390)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9China (Xizang) Typha sp. (223828)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Typha sp. (40268)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3USA (Colorado) Typha lesquereuxi (39837 39839 39849 39851)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Typha lesquereuxi (24209)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Idaho) Typha lesquereuxi (27569)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Typha sp. (22844)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Typha latissima (22846 22849 22886)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Montana) Typha lesquereuxi (23793)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) Typha sp. (24983)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Typha lesquereuxi (23972)
Chattian - Rupelian27.3 - 27.3Russian Federation (Khanta-Fansiysky) Typha latissima (22887)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Typha tambovica (24534)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Typha latissima (23673 23781 23782) Typha sp. (22888 22910 23114)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Brandenburg) Typha albagensis (26512) Typha sp. (26513)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Montana) Typha lesquereuxi (23330)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) Typha lesquereuxi (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Typha sp. (23907)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63China (Qinghai) Typha latissima (224031)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Qinghai) Typha latissima (223892)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Typha lesquereuxi (35278)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Typha latissima (46322)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Washington) Typha sp. (224398)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Typha latissima (46324) Typha sp. (46325)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) Typha lesquereuxi (23973)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa Typha sp. (22225)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Nevada) Typha lesquereuxi (27179 27701 27702)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (California) Typha lesquereuxi (19206)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Typha sp. (79793)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Typha sp. (23685) Typha tambovica (23686)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zürich) Typha latissima (46225)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Typha sp. (28442)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Typha sp. (24078) Typha sp.2 (24079)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Typha sp. (46239)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) Typha lesquereuxii (27529)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Typha tambovica (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Nevada) Typha lesquereuxii (27525)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Typha sp. (22899 23054) Typha tambovica (23050 23056 23677)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Typha sp. (27376)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Typha sp. (126605 187324)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Typha latissima (46258)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Typha latissima (27064)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Typha lesquereuxi (27661 27662)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.63 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Typha pliocenica (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Typha lesquereuxii (222698)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Typha lesquereuxii (35270)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Typha latissima (24324 24627) Typha pliocenica (24094 24098 24099 24100 24286 24317 24320 24321)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Typha sp. (27920)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Typha sp. (28132)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Typha lesquereuxii (35271)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Shaanxi) Typha sp. (223874)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Typha sp. (232112 232122 232126 232146 232148)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Qinghai) Typha sp. (224038)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Typha latifolia (22771)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania Typha sp. (22335)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Typha sp. (51757)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringen) Typha pliocenica, Typha latifolia (22783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Typha hercynica (22779) Typha hercynica, Typha pliocenica, Typha latifolia (22781) Typha ovalis (22780) Typha pliocenica (22778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Typha sp. (61887)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Typha sparganium (264290)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Typha sp. (224612 224613 224614 224715 224751)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu & Kashmir) Typha sp. (225944 225945)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Typha Sparganium (168918 168924) Typha sparganium (168893)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Typha sp. (224677 228819)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Typha sp. (22117)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Typha angustata (228956) Typha sp., Typha angustata (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Typha angustata (228785 228789 228812)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Typha sp. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Typha angustata (228760) Typha latifolia, Typha angustata (228776) Typha sp., Typha angustata (228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Typha sp. (228793 228794 228795 228810 228821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Typha angustata (228777) Typha latifolia, Typha angustata (228778) Typha sp. (228774 228775)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Gujarat) Typha angustata (228786)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Typha latifolia (228813 228814 228815 228817)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Typha sp. (22336 22337 22629)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129India (Jammu and Kashmir) Typha sp. (228782)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Typha Sparganium (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Typha latifolia (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Typha sp. (63219 63249 63269 63397)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Typha sp. (168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168754 168755 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Gujarat) Typha latifolia, Typha angustata (228791)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Typha sp. (136951)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Typha sp. (228773 228784)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Michigan) Typha sp. (63402)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Typha angustata (228796)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttar Pradesh) Typha angustata (228820)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Typha sp. (228783)