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, Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Burma.[2] It grows in freshwater marshes and on the banks of lakes and streams.[3]

Typha elephantina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Typhaceae
Genus: Typha
Species:
T. elephantina
Binomial name
Typha elephantina
Synonyms[1]
  • Typha elephantina var. schimperi (Rohrb.) Graebn.
  • Typha latifolia subsp. maresii (Batt.) Batt.
  • Typha maresii Batt.
  • Typha schimperi Rohrb.

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