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Taxon:  Saccharum edule Hassk. (Saccharum Edule Group)



Summary
Genus:
Saccharum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
32606
Place of publication:
Flora 25(2, Beibl.):3. 1842
Comment:
  • [or Saccharum Edule Group
  • a sterile form perhaps of hybrid origin involving S. robustum]
Verified:
10/01/2009 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
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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Grassl, C. O. 1968. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. 871.
  4. Grassl, C. O. 1977. The origin of the sugar producing cultivars of Saccharum. Sugarcane Breed. Newslett. 39:10.
  5. Irvine, J. E. 1999. Saccharum species as horticultural classes. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98:186-194.
  6. Irvine, J. E. 1999. Saccharum species as horticultural classes. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98:186-194.
  7. Mukherjee, S. K. 1954. Revision of the genus Saccharum Linn. Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8:146.
  8. Nakayama, S. 2004. Species-specific accumulation of interspersed sequences in genus Saccharum. Genes Genet. Systems 79:361-365.
  9. Nakayama, S. 2004. Species-specific accumulation of interspersed sequences in genus Saccharum. Genes Genet. Systems 79:361-365.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Price, S. 1957. Cytological studies in Saccharum and allied genera. III. Chromosome numbers in interspecific hybrids. Bot. Gaz. 118:146-159.
  12. Price, S. 1957. Cytological studies in Saccharum and allied genera. III. Chromosome numbers in interspecific hybrids. Bot. Gaz. 118:146-159.
  13. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:243.
  14. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  15. Takahashi, S. et al. 2005. Very close relationship of the chloroplast genomes among Saccharum species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110:1523-1529.
  16. Takahashi, S. et al. 2005. Very close relationship of the chloroplast genomes among Saccharum species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110:1523-1529.
  17. Whalen, M. D. 1991. Taxonomy of Saccharum (Poaceae). Baileya 23:117.
  18. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:552.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:243.
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=32606. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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