Check List 11(2): e19165, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1567
Typha orientalis Presl (Typhaceae): a new species record for India
expand article infoAijaz Hassan Ganie‡, A R Dar§, Mehboob Ashraf§, Zafar A Reshi‡
‡ University of Kashmir, India§ Government Degree College Ganderbal, India

Corresponding author: Aijaz Ganie ( natans@rediffmail.com )

© 2017 Aijaz Ganie, A Dar, Mehboob Ashraf, Zafar Reshi.
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Citation: Ganie A, Ashraf M, Dar A, Reshi Z (2015) Typha orientalis Presl (Typhaceae): a new species record for India. Check List 11(2): 1567. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1567
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Abstract
Typha orientalis C. Presl (Typhaceae) is recorded for the first time from the Kashmir Himalaya, India.and for the first time in the entire Indian sub-continent. A detailed taxonomic description and photographs of the diagnostic characters are provided to facilitate its identification in the field. Also provided are diagnostic characters used to distinguish T. orientalis C. Presl from T. latifolia L.
Keywords
Typha latifolia; Kashmir Himalaya; Indian subcontinent