Miscanthus

Miscanthus sinensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Saccharinae
Genus: Miscanthus
Species: M. depauperatus – M. ecklonii – M. floridulus – M. fuscus – M. lutarioriparius – M. nepalensis – M. nudipes – M. oligostachyus – M. paniculatus – M. sacchariflorus – M. sinensis – M. tinctorius – M. villosus – M. wangpicheonensis
Nothospecies: M. × longiberbis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Miscanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 April 18. Reference page.

Name

Miscanthus Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 165 (1855)

• Type species: Miscanthus ecklonii (Nees) Mabb., Taxon 33: 442 (1984)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Xiphagrostis Coville in Safford, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 9: 399 (1905).
  • Sclerostachya (Andersson ex Hack.) A.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 243 (1922).
  • Triarrhena (Maxim.) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 25: 7 (1950).
  • Diandranthus L.Liou, in Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 10(2): 10 (1997).
  • Rubimons B.S.Sun in B.S.Sun & S.Wang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 19: 239 (1997).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa, E. Asia & Pacific Amur, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Free State, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe 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, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Italy, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin 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. 165]

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
• Hodkinson, T.R., Chase, M.W., Lledó, D.M., Salamin, N. & Renvoize, S.A. (2002) Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. Journal of Plant Research 115 (5): 381–392. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-002-0049-3 Full text available from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Miscanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Miscanthus. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Miscanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Miscanthus. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• অসমীয়া: খাগৰি
• English: Silvergrass
• suomi: Norsunheinät
• 日本語: ススキ属

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