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Genus
Saccharum
Sugarcane or Sugar cane
Edited by Ho Dinh Hai
Long An - Vietnam
Updated: 23/02/2016
1- Introduction to the Genus
Saccharum
L. - Sugarcane or Sugar cane
1.1- Scientific Classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Supertribe:
Andropogonodae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae (1824)
Dumort.
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Genus:
Saccharum
L
.
1.2- Genus
Saccharum
L. - Sugarcane or Sugar cane
+ Overview
Saccharum
L.
is a genus of tall
perennial
plants of the
broomsedge tribe
within the
grass family
.
The genus is widespread across tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions in
Africa
,
Eurasia
,
Australia
, the
Americas
, and assorted oceanic islands. Several species are cultivated and naturalized in areas outside their native habitats.
Saccharum
includes the
sugarcanes
, as well as several ornamental grasses such as
Ravenna grass
. They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are generally rich in
sugar
, and measure two to six m (6 to 19 ft) tall. All sugar
cane
species interbreed and the major commercial
cultivars
are complex
hybrids
.
Synonyms
Saccharifera
Stokes
Erianthus
Michx.
Ripidium
Trin.
Syllepis
E.Fourn.
Lasiorrhachis
(Hack.) Stapf
Narenga
Bor
Tripidium
H.Scholz
Type species
Saccharum officinarum
L.
+ Important Accepted species
1-
Saccharum arundinaceum
Retz. - East + South + Southeast Asia; New Guinea
2-
Saccharum bengalense
Retz. - India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan
3-
Saccharum officinarum
L. - New Guinea; naturalized in many warm places
4-
Saccharum ravennae
(L.) L. - Europe, Asia, Africa
5-
Saccharum spontaneum
L. - Asia, Africa, Sicily, Papuasia
2- Taxonomy of the Genus
Saccharum
L.
A genus
Saccharum
L.
has 35-40 species throughout the tropics, extending to warm temperate regions. One of them is cultivated species:
Saccharum officinarum
L.
2.1- Accepted species
1-
Saccharum alopecuroidum
(L.) Nutt. - southeastern USA
2-
Saccharum angustifolium
(Nees) Trin. - South America
3-
Saccharum arundinaceum
Retz. - East + South + Southeast Asia; New Guinea
4-
Saccharum asperum
(Nees) Steud. - South America
5-
Saccharum baldwinii
Spreng. - southeastern USA
6-
Saccharum beccarii
(Stapf) Cope - Sumatra
7-
Saccharum bengalense
Retz. - India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan
8-
Saccharum brevibarbe
(Michx.) Pers. - southeastern USA
9-
Saccharum coarctatum
(Fern.) R. Webster - southeastern USA
10-
Saccharum contortum
(Baldwin ex Elliott) Nutt. - southeastern USA
11-
Saccharum fallax
Balansa - China, Assam, southeast Asia
12-
Saccharum filifolium
Steud. - Afghanistan, Himalayas
13-
Saccharum formosanum
(Stapf) Ohwi - southern China
14-
Saccharum giganteum
(Walt.) Pers. - southeastern USA, Cuba, Jamaica, Paraguay, Argentina
15-
Saccharum griffithii
Munro ex Aitch. - from Yemen to Bangladesh
16-
Saccharum hildebrandtii
(Hack.) Clayton – Madagascar
17-
Saccharum kajkaiense
(Melderis) Melderis - Oman, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
18-
Saccharum kanashiroi
(Ohwi) Ohwi -
Nansei-shoto
19-
Saccharum longesetosum
(Andersson) V.Naray. ex Bor - China, Himalayas, Indochina
20-
Saccharum maximum
(Brongn.) Trin. - Pacific Islands
21-
Saccharum narenga
(Nees ex Steud.) Hack. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Ethiopia
22-
Saccharum officinarum
L. - New Guinea; naturalized in many warm places
23-
Saccharum perrieri
(A.Camus) Clayton. - Madagascar
24-
Saccharum procerum
Roxb. - China, Himalayas, Indochina
25-
Saccharum ravennae
(L.) L. - Europe, Asia, Africa
26-
Saccharum robustum
Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl - New Guinea
27-
Saccharum rufipilum
Steud. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina
28-
Saccharum sikkimense
(Hook.f.) V.Naray. ex Bor - eastern Himalayas
29-
Saccharum spontaneum
L. - Asia, Africa, Sicily, Papuasia
30-
Saccharum stewartii
Rajesw., R.R.Rao & Arti Garg - western Himalayas
31-
Saccharum strictum
(Host) Spreng. - from Italy to Iran
32-
Saccharum velutinum
(Holttum) Cope - Peninsular Malaysia
33-
Saccharum viguieri
(A.Camus) Clayton – Madagascar
34-
Saccharum villosum
Steud. - South America, Mesoamerica
35-
Saccharum wardii
(Bor) Bor ex Cope - Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar
36-
Saccharum williamsii
(Bor) Bor ex Cope - Nepal
2.2- Important Accepted species
1-
Saccharum arundinaceum
Retz. - East + South + Southeast Asia; New Guinea
2-
Saccharum bengalense
Retz. - India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan
3-
Saccharum officinarum
L. - New Guinea; naturalized in many warm places
4-
Saccharum ravennae
(L.) L. - Europe, Asia, Africa
5-
Saccharum spontaneum
L. - Asia, Africa, Sicily, Papuasia
Source:
Saccharum
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edited by Ho Dinh Hai
Long An - Vietnam
References
1-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poales
2-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poaceae
3-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Poaceae_genera
4-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicoideae
5-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharoideae
6-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooideae
7-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puelioideae
8-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andropogoneae
9-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharum
10-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharum_officinarum
.
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