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Taxon:  Miscanthus violaceus (K. Schum.) Pilg.



Summary
Genus:
Miscanthus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
103382
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 14e:113. 1940
Verified:
05/10/2000 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
Basionym
Erianthus violaceus K. Schum.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Miscanthidium violaceum (K. Schum.) Robyns

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Erianthus flavescens K. Schum.
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Reference(s)
  1. Burner, D. M. 1997. Chromosome transmission and meiotic behavior in various sugarcane crosses. J. Amer. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. 17:38-50.
  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. Price, S. 1957. Cytological studies in Saccharum and allied genera. III. Chromosome numbers in interspecific hybrids. Bot. Gaz. 118:145-159.
  4. Price, S. 1957. Cytological studies in Saccharum and allied genera. III. Chromosome numbers in interspecific hybrids. Bot. Gaz. 118:145-159.
  5. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Zaire
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=103382. Accessed 31 May 2026.

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