Family · Monocots
Typhaceae
Cattails, bur-reeds
Marsh and aquatic herbs with cylindrical spikes of tiny wind-pollinated flowers; includes cattails.
- Accepted species
- 74accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈54 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Cattail
- Typha
- Bur-reed
- Sparganium
Genera
Typha49 spp.
Sparganium25 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate60
- Europe31
- Asia-Tropical14
- Northern America13
- Africa6
- Southern America4
- Australasia3
- Pacific1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Typhaceae sits in the order Poales.