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Typha × smirnovii

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ15512626 ↗
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Typha × smirnovii is a plant of hybrid origin, endemic to southern Russia. Initial collections were made in 1998 in the vicinity of Volgograd. The plant apparently originated as a cross between the two very widespread species T. latifolia and T. laxmannii. Typha × smirnovii grows in freshwater marshes.

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Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Typha, smirnovii and species can be independently traced.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15512626. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1998.

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This entry incorporates text from “Typha × smirnovii” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.