Typha domingensis Pers.
Typha angustata Bory & Chaubard
|Kingdom||Plantae||Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae|
|Subkingdom||Tracheobionta||Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients|
|Division||Magnoliophyta||Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms|
|Class||Liliopsida||Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family|
|Subclass||Commelinidae||Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others|
|Order||Typhales||A group including reedlike wetland plants such as cattails|
|Family||Typhaceae||Plants, such as cattails, with a single flower spike that has both male and female flowers|
|Genus||Typha||From Greek tufh (typhe), “cattail”|
|Species||domingensis||Possibly associated with the Dominican Republic, the capital of which is Santo Domingo|
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Typha domingensis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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