Miscanthus floridulus

Miscanthus floridulus

Miscanthus floridulus

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 floridulus

Name

Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb., 1900

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Saccharum floridulum Labill., Sert. Austro-Caledon.: 13 (1824).
• Homotypic
  • Erianthus floridulus (Labill.) Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 3: 563 (1827).
  • Xiphagrostis floridula (Labill.) Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 399 (1905).
• Heterotypic
  • Saccharum japonicum Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(13): 146 (1782), pro syn.
  • Saccharum densum Nees, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 100 (1850).
  • Saccharum praegrande Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 408 (1854), nom. superfl.
  • Miscanthus japonicus Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166 (1855).
  • Miscanthus luzonensis Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166 (1855).
  • Eulalia densa (Nees) Munro in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 424 (1857).
  • Saccharum distichophyllum Steud. ex Jard., Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 5: 299, 325 (1857), nom. nud.
  • Miscanthus formosanus A.Camus, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 30: 514 (1924).
  • Miscanthus ryukyuensis Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 51: 58 (1937).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is. Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Introduced into: Arkansas, Hawaii, Marianas, Missouri References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Warburg, O., 1900. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee 166.

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.

Links

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

Vernacular names

閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄: Găng-mè̤ng
English: Pacific Island silvergrass
lea faka-Tonga: Kaho
reo tahiti: ’ā’eho
中文: 五節芒

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