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Genus: Typha (Bulrush genus)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Typhaceae

Two species native to southern Africa

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Typha capensis

Typha domingensis

Worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical regions but in southern Africa only occurs in Botswana (Okavango Delta).