Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Miscanthus japonicus Andersson
• (=) Saccharum floridulum Labill.

Common names:

• giant Chinese silver grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• Japanese silver grass  (Source: State Noxweed Seed) - English
• miscanthus  (Source: L NWeeds Hawaii) - English
• capim-chinês-prateado  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• capim-japonês-prateado  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• wu jie mang  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental:
• Materials:
• Medicines:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China, [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng] Hong Kong
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Honshu (e.), Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku] Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDO-CHINA: Indochina
• MALESIA: Indonesia, [Jawa] Malaysia, Philippines

Pacific

• SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
• SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji


Cultivated (also cult.)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24482. Accessed 29 September 2024.