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Taxon:  Saccharum spontaneum L. subsp. aegyptiacum (Willd.) Hack.



Summary
Genus:
Saccharum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
32626
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 6:115. 1889
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
10/06/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Saccharum spontaneum L. (0 active accession[s])
Saccharum spontaneum L. subsp. spontaneum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Saccharum aegyptiacum Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Saccharum biflorum Forssk.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
African fodder cane –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItalySicily 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel, Lebanon, Syria
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicily]
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=32626. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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