Poaceae
Saccharum

Saccharum robustum E.W.Brandes & Jeswiet ex Grassl

First published in J. Arnold Arbor. 27: 234 (1946)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Guinea. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea

Introduced into:

Jawa, Puerto Rico, Sulawesi

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Sumadijaya, A. (2011). An account of the non-bambusoid alien grasses (Poaceae) in Java, one century after first records by Backer. Folia Malaysiana 12: 47-68.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Sumadijaya, A. (2011). An account of the non-bambusoid alien grasses (Poaceae) in Java, one century after first records by Backer. Folia Malaysiana 12: 47-68.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2010 Brandes, E.W. [152] Papua New Guinea K000943363 Type Yes
Jul 1, 2010 Brandes, E.W. [152] Papua New Guinea K000943364 Isotype Yes
Dec 17, 1993 Sillitoe, P. ; Sillitoe, J. [43] Papua New Guinea K001553311 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [403] Solomon Islands K002929677 Yes
Brandes, E.W. [128] Papua New Guinea K001553313 Yes
Brandes, E.W. [128] Papua New Guinea K001553314 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [20989] China K001553318 Yes
s.coll [51-55] Papua New Guinea K001553312 Yes
Carr, C.E. [12934] Papua New Guinea K002929636 Yes
Pemberton, C.E. [1578] Papua New Guinea K002929640 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [403] Solomon Islands K002929676 Yes
Brandes, E.W. [178] Papua New Guinea K002929639 Yes
Brandes, E.W. [1670] Papua New Guinea K002929638 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [403] Solomon Islands K002929678 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Vanuatu K002929675 Yes
Boden-Kloss, C. [s.n.] Indonesia K002929637 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • '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 2026. 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 2026. 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