Bulrush family: TYPHACEAE (COMMELINIDAE) of Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Typha orientalis Broadleaf Cumbungi Nicholls Rivulet, April 2026 courtesy of Elaine McDonald

Typha domingensis Narrow-leaf Cumbungi Morwell Park, January 1991

Typha latifolia Cat Tail Sydney, August 2006

Caterpillars of some moths in Australia feed on species in TYPHACEAE, including:

Calamotropha paludella

Limnaecia phragmitella

Scieropepla typhicola

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 3 January 2013, updated 16 May 2026)