Typha elephantina

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha

At a glance

Occurrence records81

Data sources9

Biological traits30

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Typha elephantina's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility81 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources30 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF81 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 30

01Narrative

象蒲（学名：）是香蒲科香蒲属的植物。分布于尼泊尔、印度、巴基斯坦及非洲以及中国大陆的云南：镇康等地，生长于海拔1,100米的地区，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology12

Leaf length1 400 mm

Leaf length max1 500 mm

Leaf length min1 300 mm

Leaf width9 mm

Leaf width max10 mm

Leaf width min8 mm

Plant height2.5 m

Plant height max4 m

Plant height min1.5 m

Seed mass0.12 mg

Seed mass max0.12 mg

Seed mass min0.12 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering endJul

Flowering startJun

Life formhelophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 100 m

Elevation mean1 100 m

Elevation min1 100 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTrivers, shrubberies

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Typha elephantina has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcL

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Typha elephantina carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 30 n = 15

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 301×CCDB · book-indian_vol2

CCDB · book-indian_vol2 — Mallick, R. & Sharma, A;K. 1966

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type81 records

Wild obs. + sensor65

Museum / vouchered16

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO132 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 1≤10 km 6

10 georeferenced · 55 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor65

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 4

4 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence16

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Baroda, IN	4
Kunming, CN	3
Beijing, CN	2
Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Universitylocation not on record	1
Rishon Le Zion, IL	1

5 institutions · 11 of 16 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Typha elephantina was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.1 °C 25.1–25.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.5 °C

Max temp (day)30.5 °C

Min temp (night)19.3 °C

Precipitation109 mm/mo

Air humidity52.0 %

Moisture balance-17.8 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,616 Pa

Wind speed1.80 m/s

Cloud cover25.2 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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