A NEW SPECIES OF CAT'S-TAIL (TYPHA L., TYPHACEAE) FROM SOUTH SAKHALIN

The results of a comparative morphological analysis Typha sakhalinica Krasnova et Efremov are pre-sented. It was found that the characters reproductive organs do not correspond to T. latifolia from European part Russia. species is distinguished by staminate flowers with narrow membran-ous anthers, large and solitary pollen, degraded in bunches three. Plants smaller, cauline leaves axils membranous auricles directed downwards. believed Pleistocene emerged isolation Sakhalin Island mainland North-Eastern Asia.