Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
新畿內亞野生蔗
Common Names in English:
Robust Cane, Wild New-Guinean Cane
Common Names in Russian:
Trostnik Sakharnyi Ispolinskii
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Chatton, 1925
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997, nom. inval.
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Novák ex Takht. (1967)
- Subclass:
Magnoliidae
()
- Novák ex Takhtajan, 1967
- Angiosperms
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Monocots
- Order:
Poales
()
- Small, 1903
- Grasses
- Family:
Gramineae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Panicoideae
()
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
()
- Subtribe:
Saccharinae
()
- Genus:
Saccharum
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
robustum
- Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl
- Botanical name: - Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl
- Specific epithet:
robustum
- Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl
- Genus:
Saccharum
(
- Subtribe:
Saccharinae
(
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
(
- Subfamily:
Panicoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Magnoliidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Saccharum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. alopecuroides (Silver Plume Grass) · S. alopecuroidum (Silver Plumegrass) · S. arundinaceum (Hardy Sugar Cane) · S. baldwinii (Narrow Plumegrass) · S. barberi (Barber's Cane) · S. bengalense (Munj Sweetcane) · S. brevibarbe (Purple Plume Grass) · S. brevibarbe var. brevibarbe (Shortbeard Plumegrass) · S. brevibarbe var. contortum (Shortbeard Plumegrass) · S. coarctatum (Compressed Plumegrass) · S. giganteum (Giant Beardgrass) · S. narenga (Narenga Sugarcane) · S. officinarum (Purple Sugarcane) · S. officinarum var. violaceum (Burgundy-Leaved Sugarcane) · S. officinarum 'Pele's Smoke' (Black Magic Repellent Plant) · S. ravennae (Hardy Pampas Grass) · S. robustum (Robust Cane) · S. sinense (Chinese Cane) · S. spontaneum (Ahlek) · S. 'L99-226' (Sugarcane 'l99-226') · S. 'L99-233' (Sugarcane 'k99-233')
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 192, p. 226.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 30 1957 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 132, p. 552, p. 555.
- Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 369, p. 59.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 18 1998 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 118, p. 226.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 30, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661941
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-42059
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:420003-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 32621
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 42059
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SARO11
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 60913
