G.570. Miscanthus Andersson

MISCANTHIDIUM Stapf

Description of the genus

Tall perennials with erect culms. Inflorescence large, plumose, the central axis elongated and bearing crowded racemes on the primary branches; the rhachis of racemes tough, not fracturing at maturity; spikelets paired, similar, both pedicellate. Spikelets surrounded by an involucre of hairs from the callus; glumes equal, as long as spikelet; lower floret a hyaline lemma; upper bisexual; upper lemma hyaline, entire or 2-dentate, with or without an awn.

Worldwide: c. 20 species in the Old World tropics, South Africa and East Asia

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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sinensis Andersson

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Flora of Botswana: Miscanthus
Flora of Burundi: Miscanthus
Flora of Caprivi: Miscanthus
Flora of Mozambique: Miscanthus
Flora of Zambia: Miscanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Miscanthus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Miscanthus
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Miscanthus
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iNaturalist: Miscanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Miscanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Miscanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Miscanthus
Plants of the World Online: Miscanthus
Tropicos: Miscanthus
Wikipedia: Miscanthus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Miscanthus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=223, retrieved 6 December 2024

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