Typha × suwensis

Typha × suwensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Typhaceae
Genus: Typha
Species: T. × suwensis
Binomial name
Typha × suwensis
T.Shimizu

Typha × suwensis is a plant of hybrid origin, endemic to central Japan named after Suwa Province (諏方国 Suwa no kuni) west of Tokyo. It apparently originated as a cross between the two very widespread species T. latifolia and T. orientalis. Typha × suwensis grows in freshwater marshes.[1]

References

  1. Tatemi Shimizu. 1989. Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy 37: 120, Typha x suwensis
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