Arundinaria gigantea

Arundinaria gigantea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Arundinarieae
Subtribus: Arundinariinae
Genus: Arundinaria
Species: Arundinaria gigantea

Name

Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhlenberg, G.H.E., 1813

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arundo gigantea Walter, Fl. Carol.: 81 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Miegia gigantea (Walter) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 39 (1818).
  • Arundinaria macrosperma var. arborescens Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 15 (1868).
• Heterotypic
  • Arundinaria macrosperma Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 74 (1803).
  • Miegia macrosperma (Michx.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 102 (1805).
  • Ludolfia macrosperma (Michx.) Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 320 (1808).
  • Triglossum bambusinum Fisch., Cat. Jard. Gorenki, ed. 2: vi (1812).
  • Miegia arundinaria Raf., W. Rev. & Misc. Mag. 1: 93 (1819), nom. nud.
  • Arundinaria bambusina (Fisch.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 97 (1820).
  • Nastus macrospermus (Michx.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 442 (1825).
  • Miegia arundinacea Torr. ex Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 15 (1868), pro syn.
  • Bambusa hermannii E.G.Camus, Bambusées: 36 (1913), pro syn.
  • Arundinaria gigantea subsp. macrosperma (Michx.) McClure, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 9: 28 (1973).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Northern & Eastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Muhlenberg, H. 1813. Catalogus plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis, huc usque cognitarum indigenarum et cicurum: or, A catalogue of the hitherto known native and naturalized plants of North America, arranged according to the sexual system of Linnæus. (1st ed.). 112 pp. William Hamilton, Lancaster. BHL Reference page. : 14.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Arundinaria gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Arundinaria gigantea. 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 August 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Arundinaria gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Arundinaria gigantea. Published online. Accessed: August 15 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arundinaria gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: giant cane

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