Typhaceae

Bullrush

Typha orientalis C.Presl

Family: Typhaceae
Genus: Typha

Bullrush: Photo of Raupo/Bulrush in wetland Queenstown New Zealand — Photo: Grapeman4, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 香蒲, 东方香蒲, 蒲黄, 香蒲*(东方香蒲）
Czech: Orobinec východní
English: Bullrush
Korean: 부들
Latin: '' Typha orientalis Presl'''
Persian: تیفا شرقی

Synonyms

Typha angustifolia subsp. muelleri (Rohrb.) Graebn.
Typha japonica Miq.
Typha latifolia var. orientalis (C.Presl) Rohrb.
Typha muelleri Rohrb.
Typha orientalis var. brunnea Skvortsov
Typha shuttleworthii Lehm.
Typha shuttleworthii subsp. orientalis (C.Presl) Graebn.
Typha shuttleworthii var. orientalis (C.Presl) Rohrb.

Photos

Photo: Grapeman4, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Tann, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michael Cox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bkayala11, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.