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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Miscanthus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Miscanthus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Poales Small pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.       Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh. pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons. common name: Gramineae       Familia  Gramineae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Miscanthus Andersson common name: silvergrass

Named members of the Genus Miscanthus

1	Species  capensis Anderss. in Oefvers. common name: silvergrass
2	Species  floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex K. Schum. & Laut. common name: Pacific Island silvergrass, giant miscanthus
3	Species  oligostachys Steph. common name: Small Japanese Silver grass
4	Species  sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Franch. common name: Amur silvergrass, silver banner grass
5	Species  sinensis Anderson
	6    Subspecies  condensatus (Hackel) T. Koyama common name: Purple Japanese Silver grass 7    Varietas  gracillimus A.S. Hitchc. syn. Miscanthus sinensis 8    Varietas  purpurascens (Anderss.) Tzvel. common name: silvergrass 9    Varietas  variegatus Beal syn. Miscanthus sinensis 10    Varietas  zebrinus Beal syn. Miscanthus sinensis
11	Species  transmorrisonensis Hayata common name: silvergrass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.