Taxon:  Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex K. Schum. & Lauterb.



Summary
Genus:
Miscanthus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
24482
Place of publication:
Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee 166.  1900
Comment:
no evidence that Warburg contributed any part of this work
Verified:
10/01/2014 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Miscanthus japonicus Andersson
Saccharum floridulum Labill.

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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  2. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  5. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  6. Guangdong Inst. Bot., ed. 1964-1977. Flora Hainanica.
  7. Hawaii Department of Agriculture. 1992. List of plant species designated as noxious weeds for eradication or control purposes
  8. Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 2002. Characterization of a genetic resource collection for Miscanthus (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) using AFLP and ISSR PCR. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 89:627-636.
  9. Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 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. J. Pl. Res. 115:381-392.
  10. Holttum, R. E. et al. 1953-1971. A revised flora of Malaya.
  11. How, F. C., ed. 1956. Flora of Kwangchow.
  12. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
  13. Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
  14. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
  15. Lee, Y. N. 1964. Taxonomic studies on the genus Miscanthus. Relationships among the section, subsection and species. Part I. J. Jap. Bot. 39:196-204.
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  17. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  19. Price, S. 1957. Cytological studies in Saccharum and allied genera. III. Chromosome numbers in interspecific hybrids. Bot. Gaz. 118:146-159.
  20. Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
  21. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  22. Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
  23. Sun, Q, et al. 2010. A taxonomic revision of Miscanthus s.l. (Poaceae) from China. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 164:189-191.
  24. Tai, P. Y. P. et al. 1991. Phenotypic characteristics of F2 and BC1 progenies from sugarcane intergeneric hybrids. J. Amer. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. 11:38-42.
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  26. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English giant Chinese silver grass 1 FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English Japanese silver grass 1 Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
English miscanthus 1 Hawaii Department of Agriculture. 1992. List of plant species designated as noxious weeds for eradication or control purposes
Portuguese (Brazil) capim-chinês-prateado 2 Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) capim-japonês-prateado 2 Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Transcribed Chinese wu jie mang 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshue.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaHong Kong  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: Hong Kong, China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu (e.), Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java], Malaysia, Philippines
Pacific
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Environmentalornamental FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Materialsfiber Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24482. Accessed 8 May 2024.