Miscanthus sinensis

Miscanthus sinensis

Miscanthus sinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Saccharinae
Genus: Miscanthus
Species: Miscanthus sinensis

Name

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166 (1855)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Saccharum japonicum Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 328 (1794).
  • Erianthus japonicus (Thunb.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 14 (1812).
  • Ripidium japonicum (Thunb.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 169 (1820).
  • Eulalia japonica (Thunb.) Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 333 (1832).
  • Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 167 (1855).
  • Saccharum roseum Reinw. ex Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 518 (1857), nom. nud.
  • Eulalia zebrina Van Geert, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 76: 25 (1878).
  • Eulalia japonica zebrina (Van Geert) Van Houtte, Nursery Cat. (Louis van Houtte) 177: 125 (1878-1879 publ. 1878).
  • Eulalia japonica var. zebrina (Van Geert) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard.: 538 (1888).
  • Miscanthus chrysander Ôkubo, Cat. Pl. Bot. Gard. Univ. Tokyo: 3 (1895), nom. nud.
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens (Andersson) Matsum., Shokubutsu Mai-i, ed. 2: 189 (1895).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus (Van Geert) Matsum., Index Seminum (TI, Tokyo) 1895: 3 (1895).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 25 (1896).
  • Miscanthus condensatus Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 639 (1899).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Hitchc. in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1021 (1901).
  • Miscanthus coreensis Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 531 (1904).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. formosanus Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 526 (1904).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. intermedius Matsum., Index Pl. Jap. 2(1): 66 (1905), nom. nud.
  • Xiphagrostis japonica (Thunb.) Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905).
  • Xiphagrostis japonicus (Trin.) Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905).
  • Xiphagrostis condensatus (Hack.) W.Wight, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 137: 17 (1909).
  • Miscanthus transmorrisonensis Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 404 (1911).
  • Miscanthus zebrinus (Van Geert) Nakai ex Matsum., Shokubutsu Mai-i 2: 254 (1916).
  • Miscanthus ionandros Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 13 (1917).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus (Hack.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 14 (1917).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. decompositus Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. glaber Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 17 (1917), nom. nud.
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. purpurascens (Andersson) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. transiticus Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. variegatus (Beal) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 (1917).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. zebrinus (Van Geert) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 (1917).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. coriaceus T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 46 (1922), nom. nud.
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. transiticus (Nakai) T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 46 (1922).
  • Miscanthus flavidus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 113 (1923).
  • Miscanthus matsudae Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 114 (1923).
  • Miscanthus matsudae var. glabrescens Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131 (1925).
  • Miscanthus boninensis Nakai ex Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928).
  • Miscanthus kanehirae Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132 (1928).
  • Miscanthus nakaianus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928).
  • Miscanthus pycnocephalus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131 (1928).
  • Miscanthus pycnocephalus var. purpurascens Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132 (1928).
  • Eulalia japonica var. gracillima (Hitchc.) Grier, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 331 (1929).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. yogoi Honda ex Yogo, Shuso-gun Hakubutsu Shi 1: t. 3 (1929).
  • Miscanthus hidakanus Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 379 (1930).
  • Miscanthus kokusanensis Nakai & Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930).
  • Miscanthus kokusanensis f. variegatus Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930).
  • Miscanthus littoralis Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. decompositus (Nakai) Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 384 (1930).
  • Miscanthus neocoreanus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 694 (1935).
  • Miscanthus miser Nakai ex Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 517 (1938).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. crassiracemus Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 (1942).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. gracillimus (Hitchc.) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. hashimotoi Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 (1942).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. porphyrocomus Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. pycnocephalus (Honda) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942).
  • Miscanthus kokusanensis var. variegatus (Honda) Nakai & Honda, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 140 (1952).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. nakaianus (Honda) I.C.Chung, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 45: 215 (1955).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. ionandros (Nakai) Y.N.Lee, J. Jap. Bot. 39: 293 (1964).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. keumunensis Y.N.Lee, J. Jap. Bot. 39: 119 (1964).
  • Miscanthus chejuensis Y.N.Lee, Korean J. Bot. 17: 85 (1974).
  • Miscanthus sinensis subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 693 (1976).
  • Miscanthus sinensis subsp. condensatus (Hack.) T.Koyama, Grass. Japan: 518 (1987).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. chejuensis (Y.N.Lee) Y.N.Lee, Fl. Korea: 1164 (1996).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. albiflorus Y.N.Lee, Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 2: 23 (2002).
  • Miscanthus condensatus var. purpurascens Y.N.Lee, Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 19 (2006).
  • Miscanthus sinensis var. viridis Y.N.Lee, Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 16 (2006).
  • Miscanthus condensatus f. purpurascens (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 565 (2017).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. albiflorus (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 566 (2017).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. chejuensis (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 566 (2017).
  • Miscanthus sinensis f. viridis (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 566 (2017).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Manchuria, South China Sea, Taiwan Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Kazan-retto, Khabarovsk, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Jawa, Kuril Is., Laos, Maluku, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Thailand, Vietnam Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, Austria, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Chile Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Egypt, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Italy, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uruguay, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Andersson, N.J. 1855. Om de med Saccharum beslägtade genera. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 12(3): 151–167. BHL Reference page.  [p. 166]

Additional references

• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (translated by F.G. Meyer & E.M. Walker). 1067 pp. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. BHL Reference page.  [p. 188]
• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Miscanthus sinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 02. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Miscanthus sinensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Miscanthus sinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Miscanthus sinensis. Published online. Accessed: October 02 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Miscanthus sinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Maiden Silvergrass
suomi: Elefanttiheinä
日本語: ススキ
한국어: 참억새
中文: 芒

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