Miscanthus floridulus

Miscanthus floridulus
Miscanthus floridulus

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Vernacular names

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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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