Miscanthus sacchariflorus

Miscanthus sacchariflorus

Miscanthus sacchariflorus

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 sacchariflorus

Name

Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Franch., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., ser. 2, 7: 137 (1884).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Imperata sacchariflora Maxim., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 331 (1859).
• Homotypic
  • Triarrhena sacchariflora (Maxim.) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 25: 7 (1950).
• Heterotypic
  • Imperata eulalioides Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 289 (1866).
  • Miscanthus saccharifer Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 65 (1881), orth. var.
  • Miscanthus hackelii Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 107 (1909).
  • Triarrhena hackelii (Nakai) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 25: 7 (1950).
  • Miscanthus sacchariflorus f. latifolius Adati, Bull. Mie Univ. Forests 17: 59 (1958), nom. nud.
  • Miscanthus sacchariflorus var. gracilis Y.N.Lee, J. Jap. Bot. 39: 123 (1964).
  • Miscanthus sacchariflorus f. purpurascens Y.N.Lee, J. Korean Pl. Taxon. 3: 18 (1971).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Amur, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Primorye Regional: China China North-Central, China Southeast Introduced into: Arkansas, Austria, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ontario, Poland, Québec, Vermont, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D., 1881. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. London 19:65.

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.
• Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Miscanthus sacchariflorus 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 sacchariflorus. 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 sacchariflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Miscanthus sacchariflorus. Published online. Accessed: October 02 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Miscanthus sacchariflorus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Amur Silvergrass
한국어: 물억새

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