New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Saccharum

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Last Modified 04/03/2013

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Nomenclature

Saccharum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 54. 1753.

List of Saccharum Species

Saccharum alopecuroides Saccharum giganteum Saccharum ravennae

References to Saccharum

  • Alfonse, A. V.; Balasundaram, N. 2006. On the taxonomy of the members of 'Saccharum complex'. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53: 35-41.
  • 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(5, Fascicle 1121): 381-392.
  • Webster, R. D. 1995. Taxonomy of the North American species of Saccharum (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Sida 16: 551-580.