Saccharum

Saccharum officinarum Typus

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: Saccharum
Species: S. angustifolium – S. beccarii – S. filifolium – S. formosanum – S. griffithii – S. intermedium – S. kajkaiense – S. longesetosum – S. maximum – S. officinarum – S. robustum – S. sikkimense – S. × sinense – S. spontaneum – S. stewartii – S. velutinum – S. wardii – S. williamsii – S. × edule

• Unplaced: S. × edule
  

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Saccharum 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.

Name

Saccharum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 54 (1753) nom. cons.

• Type species: Saccharum officinarum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 54 (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Saccharifera Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 131. (1812), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Erianthus Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 54. (1803) pro parte inc. Type see also Lasiorhachis
  • Syllepis E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 52. (1886)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Central & E. Asia to Tropics & Subtropics Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen Introduced into: Alabama, Aldabra, Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kriti, Leeward Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nauru, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Santa Cruz Is., Sardegna, Senegal, Spain, Sulawesi, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turkey, Tuvalu, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 54. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Evans, D.L. & Joshi, S.V. 2020. On the Validity of the Saccharum Complex and the Saccharinae Subtribe: A Re-assesment. BioRxiv 2020.07.29.226753: 1–14. DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.29.226753 Pre-print not peer reviewed. PDF. Reference page. 
• Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards) GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Saccharum. Published online. Accessed 24 Sept. 2013.
• Hodkinson, T.R., Chase, M.W., Lledó, D.M., Salamin, N. & Renvoize, S.A. (2002) Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. Journal of Plant Research 115 (5): 381–392. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-002-0049-3 Full text available from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Saccharum. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Welker, C.A., McKain, M.R., Vorontsova, M.S., Peichoto, M.C. & Kellogg, E.A. 2019. Plastome phylogenomics of sugarcane and relatives confirms the segregation of the genus Tripidium (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Taxon 68(2): 246-267. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12030 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Vorontsova, M.S., Besnard, G., Razanatsoa, J. & Hackel, J. 2020. The endemic ‘sugar canes’ of Madagascar (Poaceae, Saccharinae: Lasiorhachis) are close relatives of sorghum. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192(1): 148-164. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz067 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Saccharum 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. Saccharum. 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Saccharum. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Saccharum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names

ak: Ahewde
български: Захарна тръстика
català: Canya de sucre
čeština: Cukrová třtina
dansk: Sukkerrør
Deutsch: Zuckerrohr
English: Sugarcane
Esperanto: Sukerkano
euskara: azukre-kanabera
suomi: Sokeriruo'ot
Nordfriisk: Sokerröör, Sokerraid
français: Canne à sucre
galego: Cana de azucre
hrvatski: Šećerna trska
magyar: Cukornád
lietuvių: Cukranendrė
македонски: Шеќерна трска
Nederlands: Suikerriet
norsk: Sukkerrør
polski: Cukrowiec
português: Cana-de-açúcar
русский: Сахарный тростник
中文: 甘蔗

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