Common name
English: Southern Cattail
Mandarin: 长苞香蒲 (chang bao xiang pu)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Typhales (4)
Family: Typhaceae (3)(family description)
Genus: Typha (3)
Epithet: domingensis Pers. (1)
Synonym: Typha angustata Bory & Chaubard
angustata => somewhat narrow
domingensis => refers to the Caribbean island Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic or its capital Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
External links
Check for Typha domingensis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [720] Typha domingensis - Plants For A Future database
- [1597] Typha domingensis - Flora of China @ efloras.org