Poaceae

Saccharum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 54 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & E. Asia to Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, 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, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen

Introduced into:

Alabama, Aldabra, Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, 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, Tuvalu, Türkiye, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Menjívar Cruz, J.E., R.M. Baldini, G. Davidse & P.M. Peterson (2021). El Salvador grasses: An updated catalogue and nomenclator. Phytoneuron 2021-22: 1-131.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 94 (1917).
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 28 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl. 54 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl. 1: 54 (1753).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 28 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 54 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Drumd] [310] United States K002929885 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [18056] Thailand K002929505 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002815063 Yes
Marsden, J. [164] Indonesia K001553306 Yes
Marsden, J. [164] Indonesia K001553307 Yes
Marsden, J. [164] Indonesia K001553308 Yes
Marsden, J. [164] Indonesia K001553309 Yes
Marsden, J. [164] Indonesia K001553310 Yes
Ammal, E. [1081] India K002929259 Yes
Terrell, E.E.; {C. E. Smith, Jr.} [3705] United States K002929852 Yes
Larsen, K. [1074] Thailand K000688492 Yes
[Cos] [s.n.] K002815060 Yes
Ammal, E. [3] K002929446 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; [illegible] [20323/a] K002929152 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8856] India K001128383 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ammal, E. [2] K002929444 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002815038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002929155 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] India K002815036 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K001106144 Yes
{Drummond} [310] United States K002929884 Yes
Bojer [s.n.] Mauritius K002929822 Yes
Janaki Ammal, E.K. [1] K002929449 No
Gattinger, A. [3628] United States K002929880 Yes
Ammal, E. [3] India K002815040 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K000943428 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002815053 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8853] K001128359 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8855] India K001128381 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johansson; Nybom; [Riebe] [368] Indonesia K002929554 Yes
Terrell, E.E. [4371] United States K002929907 Yes
Ammal, J. [s.n.] India K002815035 Yes
Mangelsdorf, A.J. [s.n.] K002815054 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] India K001128367 Unknown Type Material Yes
[C O G] [s.n.] K002815055 Yes
Rutter [21899] India K002929261 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; [illegible] [20324] K002929154 Yes
s.coll. [18320] Burma K001737239 No
Rombouts, H.E. [395] Suriname K002929955 Yes
Poilane, M. [26954] Vietnam K002929507 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002929881 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [18056] Thailand K002929503 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3414] India K002929106 Yes
Price, W.R. [1356b ] China K002928840 Yes
Larsen, K. [1164] K002929506 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] Bangladesh K001128366 Unknown Type Material Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [5089] Brazil K001106147 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002929256 Yes
Thomson, T. [432] India K002929110 Yes
Phuong, V.X.; Huyen, D.D.; Van Du, N.; Binh, N.Q.; Xuyen, D.T.; de Kok, R.; Bramley, G.; Challen, G.; Vorontsova, M. [HNK205] Vietnam K000731580 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8854] Burma K001128377 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002929893 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002929892 Yes
Vietnam K:SPC-70000.538 No
Ammal, E. [1226] K002815051 Yes
Fontenet [s.n.] United States K002929912 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8853] India K001128361 Unknown Type Material Yes
Albert, E. [8] K002929684 Yes
s.coll. [VII] India K002815034 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8855] K001128379 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002815056 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] K001128365 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8855] Bangladesh K001128380 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ammal, E. [1221] K002815048 Yes
Ammal, E. [1020] India K002815042 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002929112 Yes
Siddiqui, M.A.; [illegible] [26735] K002929150 Yes
Madden, E. [14] India K002929113 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] K001128364 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ammal, E. [2] K002929451 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] K002929445 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8854] Nepal K001128374 Unknown Type Material Yes
Celarier, R. [s.n.] United States K002929456 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] K002929447 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002929908 Yes
[Cos] [s.n.] K002815058 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [8654] United States K002929902 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K000943429 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002929853 Yes
Lorzing, J.A. [4576] Indonesia K002929538 Yes
Rup Chand, T. [4222] India K002929255 Yes
Furse, P. [6624] Afghanistan K002928707 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius K002929823 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002815062 Yes
Wallich, N. [8846] India K000245557 Type Yes
Poilane, M. [26954] Vietnam K002929508 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3686] Brazil K001106146 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] India K002929258 Yes
[abamicips]. Lebeck [s.n.] India K002929452 Yes
Lee, S.; Leong, P.; Daud, L.; Sunardi; Suimah [SL542] Indonesia K002929555 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8856] India K001128385 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K002929883 Yes
Stewart, I.T. [4507] India K002929433 Yes
Farille, M.A. [81-289] Nepal K001612128 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United States K002929906 Yes
Motley, J. [s.n.] Indonesia K002929551 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] India K001128368 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bunnemejer [797] Indonesia K002929539 Yes
[Hassan Ud Din] [109] Pakistan K002929442 Yes
Yates, H.S. [517] Indonesia K002929535 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8853] India K001128363 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] India K001128369 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ammal, E. [1224] K002815046 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000943359 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002929849 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] K001128378 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stewart, R.R.; [Siddiqi]; Rahman [s.n.] India K002929151 Yes
Radford, A.E. [30995] United States K002929903 Yes
[Hassan ud Din] [15] Pakistan K002929149 Yes
Inayat [22925] K002929453 Yes
Ammal, E. [2] K002929448 Yes
Bunnemejer [9624] Indonesia K002929540 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8856] India K001128384 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johansson, J.T.; Nybom, H.; Riebe, S. [368] Indonesia K002929553 Yes
Terrell, E.E.; Thornton, R.B. [3625] United States K002929848 Yes
Moggridge, T. [s.n.] K002928705 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8852] K001128357 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [31250] India K002929148 Yes
[Cos] [s.n.] K002815059 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8855] India K001128382 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20147] Thailand K000620307 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20147] Thailand K000620308 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8854] K001128375 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pohl, R.W. [14191] Costa Rica K002929916 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002815057 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [34397] India K002929105 Yes
Kearney, T.H.Jr. [6] United States K000943361 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] India K001128371 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8852] K001128358 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Vogel, E.F. [6225] Indonesia K002929550 Yes
[illegible] [1454] K002929187 Yes
Singh, B. [Cat. no. 8856] Nepal K001128386 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hayne, W.A. [s.n.] K002928706 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K002928839 Yes
Pandeya, S.C. [914] India K002929107 Yes
Ammal, E. [1071] India K002929455 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002929910 Yes
Celarier, R. [API185446] United States K002929108 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002815037 Yes
Fredholm, A. [6437] United States K002929909 Yes
Ammal, E. [1221] K002815047 Yes
Ammal, E. [1221] K002815049 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8854] Burma K001128376 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ammal, E. [1022] India K002815043 Yes
Ammal, E. [3] India K002815041 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K000943430 Unknown Type Material Yes
Yates, H.S. [2533] Indonesia K002929537 Yes
Moldenke, H. [506] United States K002929877 Yes
Steenis, V. [8747] Indonesia K002929536 Yes
Thomson, T.; [fakoner] [4038] K002929156 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002929177 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001106145 Yes
Ram, S. [s.n.] India K002929109 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K000943362 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collett, H. [52] India K002929434 Yes
Ammal, E. [1231] K002815052 Yes
Ammal, E. [1081] India K002929260 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; [illegible] [20323] K002929153 Yes
Hermann, F.J. [9813] United States K002929904 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] K002929443 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [3627] United States K002929901 Yes
Furse, P. [6624] Afghanistan K002928704 Yes
Ammal, E. [1081] India K002929257 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K000943360 Unknown Type Material Yes
Norris, J.J. [4] Pakistan K002929454 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2351] India K002929104 Yes
Ammal, E. [1027] India K002815044 Yes
Marcan, A. [s.n.] Thailand K002929504 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8853] India K001128362 Unknown Type Material Yes
[C O S] [s.n.] K002815061 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8853] K001128360 Unknown Type Material Yes
Larsen, K. [982] Thailand K000688491 Yes
Terrell, E.E.; {C. E. Smith, Jr.} [3698] United States K002929911 Yes
Blackwood, B. [218] Papua New Guinea K002929635 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] India K002815039 Yes
s.coll. [S48] Greece K002925679 Yes
Ammal, E. [1220] India K002815045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002929882 Yes
Ammal, E. [1225] K002815050 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] India K001128372 Unknown Type Material Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [6940] United States K002929847 Yes
Lee, S.; Leong, P.; Daud, L.; Sunardi; Suimah [SL542] Indonesia K002929556 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8854] India K001128370 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [15] India K000309026 Syntype Yes
Hooker, J.D. [15] India K000245558 Isotype Yes
Kearney, T.H. Jr. [29] United States K002929850 No

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