Poaceae

Miscanthus Andersson

First published in Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 165 (1855)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Tropical & S. Africa, Russian Far East to Tropical Asia and Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Amur, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Free State, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Austria, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Chile Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Egypt, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Italy, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.226753. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Acad. 1855: 165 (1856).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in Oefvers. Kon. Vet.-Akad. Förh. 1855: 165 (1856)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Henry, A. [7507] China K001064381 Yes
Brown, F.B.H.; Brown, E.D.W. [817(a)] French Polynesia K002387539 Yes
Ohwi, J. [s.n.] Japan K001064560 Yes
Furuse, M. [42574] Japan K001064625 Yes
Steward, A.N. [2562] China K001064354 Yes
Stokes, A.M. [130] French Polynesia K002387537 Yes
Henry, A. [5123] China K001064358 Yes
Chow, K.S. [80339] China K001064382 Yes
Leach, B. [14604] Solomon Islands K002387541 Yes
Florence, J. [9070] French Polynesia K002387536 Yes
Komarov, V.L. [121] Russia K001064345 Yes
Tanaku [s.n.] Japan K001064627 Yes
Furuse, M. [42574] Japan K001064626 Yes
Furuse, M. [29976] Japan K001064623 Yes
Ulianov, T.N. [s.n.] Russia K001064347 Yes
Williams, S.W. [11451] China K001064385 Yes
Togashi, M. [7327] Japan K001064624 Yes
Licent, E. [3008] China K001064359 Yes
Brown, F.B.H.; Brown, E.D.W. [817(a)] French Polynesia K002387538 Yes
Ulianov, T.N. [s.n.] Russia K001064346 Yes
David, A. [s.n.] China K001064379 Yes
Licent, E. [8618] China K001064357 Yes
Faber, E. [1533] China K001064356 Yes
Licent, E. [6958] China K001064383 Yes
Togashi, M. [676] Japan K001064562 Yes
Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.] K001064348 Unknown Type Material Yes
Licent, E. [7742] China K001064384 Yes
Licent, E. [6959] China K001064355 Yes
Leach, B. [BSIP14604] Solomon Islands K002387540 Yes
Suzuki, S. [389] Japan K001064622 Yes
Maingay, A.C. [574] China K001064380 Yes
Satomi, N.; Furuike, H. [1226] Japan K001064561 Yes
Davis, D. [7] Korea K001064621 Yes
Grant, M.L. [3790] French Polynesia K002387553 Yes
Takamatsu, M. [1058] Micronesia, Federated States of K002387556 Yes
Kajewski, S.F. [39] Vanuatu K002387535 Yes
St. John, H. [14519] French Polynesia K002387555 Yes
Guocheng-yong [20064 377 9] China K001064360 Yes
s.coll. [823] China K001064352 Yes
{M. M. J. van Balgooy} [1856] French Polynesia K002387554 Yes
Wang, T.P. [3598] China K001064353 Yes
David, A. [s.n.] China K001064386 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0