Erianthus giganteus

Taxonavigation

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

Erianthus giganteus (Walter) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 177 (1812).

Basionym
- Anthoxanthum giganteum Walter, Fl. Carol.: 65 (1788).
Homotypic
- Erianthus saccharoides Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 55 (1803), nom. superfl.
- Saccharum giganteum (Walter) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 103 (1805).
- Saccharum erianthoides Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 308 (1825), nom. superfl.
- Andropogon erianthus Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 243 (1827), nom. superfl.
- Erianthus saccharoides var. michauxii Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 257 (1883), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
- Erianthus saccharoides var. infuscatus Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 161 (1855).
- Spodiopogon foliatus E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 52 (1886).
- Spodiopogon foliatus var. erubescens E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 53 (1886).
- Spodiopogon vaginatus E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 53 (1886).
- Erianthus compactus Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 419 (1895).
- Erianthus laxus Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 344 (1897).
- Erianthus tracyi Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 37 (1897).
- Erianthus saccharoides var. compactus (Nash) Fernald, Rhodora 45: 252 (1943).
- Erianthus giganteus var. compactus (Nash) Fernald, Rhodora 52: 71 (1950).
- Saccharum alopecuroides subvar. compactum (Nash) Roberty, Boissiera 9: 357 (1960).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
- Regional: Southern Central USA
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Paraguay
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Jamaica

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 177.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Erianthus giganteus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 03. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Erianthus giganteus. 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 03. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Erianthus giganteus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Erianthus giganteus. Published online. Accessed: October 03 2022.

العربية: قصب السكر العملاق
English: sugarcane plumegrass

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