Typhaceae

Typhaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 25. 1789. nom. cons. 'Cattail Family'

Characteristic Features:

Rhizomatous, monoecious, emergent aquatic perennials
Leaves distichous, bifacial, lamina linear
Inflorescence a spike of numerous, minute, wind-pollinated unisexual flowers (male above and female blow)
Perianth bristle like or scale like Fruit achene like and dehiscent with accrescent stipe and style

Diversity:

World- 2 genera 65 species (ThePlant List 2013); 2 genera 51 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 2 genera, 26-28 species (Mabberely 2017); 2 genera, 67 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 1 genus 1 species (Karthikeyan2000); 1 genus, 6 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 2 genera, 5 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus 1 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)

General Characters:

Typhaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Typhaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Typhaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Typhaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:

Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Lilianae, Order- Poales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Monocotyledons
Series : Nudiflorae

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision : Angiospermae
Class : Monocotyledoneae
Order : Pandanales

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Monocotyledones
Division : Corolliferae
Order : Typhales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Commelinidae
Order : Typhales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Commelinidae
Super Order: Commelinanae
Order : Typhales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Commelinidae
Super Order: Poanae
Order : Typhales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Lilianae
Order : Typhales

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Monocots
Clade : Commelinids
Order : Poales

Shipunov (2020)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Liliidae
Order : Poales
Suborder : Typhineae

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

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~Wild Flora~

Typha angustifolia L.