Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales
Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Saccharinae
Genus: Miscanthus
Species: M. changii – M. depauperatus – M. ecklonii – M. floridulus – M. fuscus – M. junceus – M. lutarioriparius – M. nepalensis – M. nudipes – M. oligostachyus – M. paniculatus – M. saccariflorus – M. sinensis – M. tinctorius – M. villosus – M. violaceus
Nothospecies: M. x ogiformis
Name
Miscanthus Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 165 (1855)
Type species: Miscanthus ecklonii (Nees) Mabb., Taxon 33: 442 (1984)
Synonyms
Heterotypic
Xiphagrostis Coville in Safford, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 9: 399 (1905).
Miscanthidium Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 89 (1917).
Sclerostachya (Andersson ex Hack.) A.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 243 (1922).
Triarrhena (Maxim.) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 25: 7 (1950).
Diandranthus L.Liou, in Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 10(2): 10 (1997).
Rubimons B.S.Sun in B.S.Sun & S.Wang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 19: 239 (1997).
References
Andersson, N.L. (1855) Öfversigt af Förhandlingar: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien 12: 165.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Miscanthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20. Reference page.
Hodkinson, T.R., Chase, M.W., Lledó, D.M., Salamin, N. & Renvoize, S.A. (2002) Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. Journal of Plant Research 115 (5): 381–392. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-002-0049-3 Full text available from ResearchGate Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Miscanthus. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20.
Tropicos.org 2013. Miscanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Miscanthus. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2013.
Vernacular names
অসমীয়া: খাগৰি
suomi: Norsunheinät
日本語: すすき
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