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, 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

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:

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
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0