Editing Typha (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the family Typhaceae}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|Cattail|Catstail}}

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|image = Typha latifolia.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Typha latifolia]]''
|taxon = Typha
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=270918|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|work=kew.org}}</ref>
|synonyms =
* ''Massula'' <small>[[Joseph Dulac|Dulac]]</small>
* ''Rohrbachia'' <small>(Kronf. ex Riedl) Mavrodiev</small>
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'''''Typha''''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|aɪ|f|ə}} is a [[genus]] of about 30 [[species]] of [[monocotyledon]]ous [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Typhaceae]]. These plants have a variety of common names, in [[British English]] as '''bulrush'''<ref name = "Streeter">Streeter D, Hart-Davies C, Hardcastle A, Cole F, Harper L. 2009. ''Collins Flower Guide''. Harper Collins {{ISBN|9-78-000718389-0}}</ref> or (mainly historically) '''reedmace''',<ref>Clegg, J. (1986). ''Observer's Book of Pond Life''. Frederick Warne, London. 460 p.</ref> in [[American English]] as '''cattail''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TYPHA|taxon=Typha|access-date=12 December 2015}}</ref> or '''punks''', in [[Australia]] as '''cumbungi''' or '''bulrush''', in [[Canada]] as '''bulrush''' or '''cattail''', and in [[New Zealand]] as '''raupō''', '''bullrush''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Typha orientalis |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/typha-orientalis/ |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network}}</ref> '''cattail''' or '''reed'''. Other taxa of plants may be known as [[bulrush]], including some [[Cyperaceae|sedges]] in ''[[Scirpus]]'' and related genera.

The genus is largely distributed in the [[Northern Hemisphere]], where it is found in a variety of [[wetland]] habitats.

The [[rhizome]]s are edible, though at least some species are known to accumulate toxins and so must first undergo treatment before being eaten.<ref name="State of Victoria">{{cite web |author1=State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) |title=Cumbungi |url=https://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/sip_common_cumbungi |website=Victorian Resources Online |publisher=Agriculture Victoria |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324200612/https://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/sip_common_cumbungi |archive-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> Evidence of preserved [[starch]] grains on [[grinding stone]]s suggests they were already eaten in Europe 30,000 years ago.<ref name="Revedin">{{cite journal | last1 = Revedin | first1 = A.| year = 2010 | title = Thirty thousand-year-old evidence of plant food processing | journal = Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | volume = 107 | issue = 44| pages = 18815–18819 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1006993107 | pmid = 20956317 | pmc=2973873 | bibcode=2010PNAS..10718815R |display-authors=etal| doi-access = free}}</ref>