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Taxon:  Miscanthus tinctorius (Steud.) Hack.



Summary
Genus:
Miscanthus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
24500
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 6:103. 1889
Verified:
11/11/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Saccharum tinctorium Steud.
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Reference(s)
  1. Anzoua, K. G. et al. 2011. Chapter 9. Miscanthus. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, industrial crops. 2011 157-164.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Ibaragi, Y & H. Ohashi. 2004. A Taxonomic Study of Miscanthus Section Kariyasua (Gramineae). J. Jap. Bot. 79:4-22.
  5. Kellogg, E. A. 2013. Chapter 1. Phylogenetic Relationships of Saccharinae and Sorghinae. Genomics of the Saccharinae, Plant Genetics and Genomics: 3. 2013. Springer, New York. 3-21.
  6. Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987
  7. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24500. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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