Poaceae
Miscanthus

Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 104 (1889)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to S. Central China and Peninsula Malaysia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Great Britain, New Zealand North

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, M. (2025). Adventives & aliens news 35. B.S.B.I. News 159: 47-57.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Prasanna, P.V. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 32: 1-694. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berry, M. (2025). Adventives & aliens news 35. B.S.B.I. News 159: 47-57.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] China K002387263 No
Forrest, G. [9291] China K002387267 No
[H. G. Sewell] [16] China K002387265 No
s.coll. [147] K002387334 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [2932] K002387583 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [6] India K002387336 Yes
Soreng, R.J. [5239] China K002387261 No
Hooker, J.D. [6] India K002387337 Yes
Wallich, N. [8848] Nepal K000943453 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001666575 No
s.coll. [975] India K001666574 No
Drummond, J.R. [21083] India K002387356 Yes
Forrest, G. [F1028] China K002387262 No
Zimmermann, A. [1986] Nepal K002387315 No
Keng; Keng, F. [3874] China K002387270 No
[illegible] [2152] India K002387326 No
Bhattacharyya, U.C. [24475] Bhutan K002387331 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [[23063(Bis)]] India K002387324 No
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [7972] Nepal K002387321 No
Prain, D. [s.n.] India K002387340 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10026] India K002387332 Yes
Forrest, G. [6933] China K002387264 No
Schilling, A.D. [s.n.] Nepal K002387316 No
Crawford, S.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Long, D.; McBeath, R.; Noltie, H. [[KEKE1230]] Nepal K002387317 No
Zimmermann, A. [1859] Nepal K002387314 No
Polunin, O.; Sykes, W.R.; Williams, L.H.J. [5515] Nepal K002387319 No
Collett, H. [5392A] India K002387351 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [s.n.] India K002387355 Yes
Forrest, G. [7343] China K002387260 No
Gamble, J.S. [26576] India K002387352 Yes
Fang, W.P. [3192] China K002387269 No
Koelz, W.N. [24147] India K002387344 Yes
[illegible] [74] India K002387329 No
Meebold, A.E. [7181] India K002387339 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [24051] India K002387347 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [21082B] India K002387322 No
Drummond, J.R. [21080] India K002387330 No
Clarke, C.B. [36002] India K002387338 Yes
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [4305] Nepal K002387258 No
[Banirjce]; [Parsy] [3061] Nepal K002387320 No
Janaki Ammal, E.K. [1669] Nepal K002387313 No
Gamble, J.S. [25055] India K002387328 No
C.N. [1174] India K002387335 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002387325 No
Stainton; Sykes; Williams [3637] Nepal K002387318 No
M. l' Abbe David [s.n.] China K002387268 No
Rup Chand, T. [8254] India K002387349 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [31591A] India K002387312 No
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002387345 Yes
Bor, N.L. [6209] India K002387343 Yes
Bor, N.L. [6515] India K002387342 Yes
Koelz, W.N. [22132] India K002387350 Yes
Kasim bin Rajab, M. [465] Malaysia K002387386 No
Duthie, J.F. [23063] India K002387327 No
Duthie, J.F. [B7] Pakistan K002387311 No
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] India K002387341 Yes
Rup Chand, T. [8050A] India K002387348 Yes
Woods, D.V.G. [103] New Zealand K002387519 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21082] India K002387354 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21081] India K002387353 Yes
Nicolle, D.J. [NZ94] New Zealand K002387518 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [23063(III)] India K002387323 No
[H. G. Sewell] [16] China K002387266 No
Faber, E. (Revd) [1152] China K002387259 No
s.coll. [1314] China K002387257 No

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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