Characteristics
Monocots
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
ZEBRAGRASS; CHINESE SILVERGRASS
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This species and Pseudosorghum fasciculare were shown to be very closely related to Saccharum (Welker et al. 2015), and the circumscription of these genera may need to be further examined.
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
MISCANTHUS SINENSIS Andersson, Öefvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 12: 166. 1856.
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CHINA: Cap Syng-Moon, 1837, Meyen s.n. (holotype: B).
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Synonyms
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Type
Erianthus japonicus
Erianthus japonicus Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 14, 162, 177. 1812
BASIONYM: Saccharum japonicum Thunberg 1794, non Houttuyn 1782.
Eulalia japonica
Eulalia japonica (Palisot de Beauvois) Trinius, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér 6, Sci. Math. 2: 333. 1832.
BASIONYM: Erianthus japonicus Palisot de Beauvois 1812; Saccharum japonicum Thunberg 1794, non Houttuyn 1782.
Eulalia japonica var. gracillima
Eulalia japonica (Palisot de Beauvois) Trinius, var. gracillima (Hitchcock) Grier, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 331. 1929.
BASIONYM: Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, var. gracillimus Hitchcock 1901.
Miscanthus japonicus
Miscanthus japonicus (Palisot de Beauvois) Andersson, Öefvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 12: 166. 1856.
BASIONYM: Erianthus japonicus Palisot de Beauvois 1812; Saccharum japonicum Thunberg 1794, non Houttuyn 1782.
Miscanthus matsudae
Miscanthus matsudae Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 114. 1923.
Miscanthus matsudae var. glabrescens
Miscanthus matsudae Honda, var. glabrescens Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 120, 179. 1928.
Miscanthus sinensis forma gracillimus
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, forma gracillimus (Hitchcock) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149. 1942.
BASIONYM: Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, var. gracillimus Hitchcock 1901.
Miscanthus sinensis forma variegatus
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, forma variegatus (Beal) Beetle, Phytologia 38: 175. 1978.
BASIONYM: Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, var. variegatus Beal 1896.
Miscanthus sinensis forma zebrinus
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, forma zebrinus (Beal) Beetle, Phytologia 38: 175. 1978.
BASIONYM: Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, var. zebrinus Beal 1896.
Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, var. gracillimus Hitchcock, in L. H. Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1021, f. 1408. 1901.
Specimens and Distribution
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