See other conspecific taxa:

• Miscanthus sinensis subsp. condensatus (0 accessions)
• Miscanthus sinensis subsp. purpurascens (0 accessions)
• Miscanthus sinensis subsp. sinensis (0 accessions)

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

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

• (=) Eulalia japonica Trin.
• (=) Miscanthus sinensis f. glaber Honda
• (=) Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Hitchc.
• (=) Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus Beal
• (=) Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus Beal
• (=) Saccharum japonicum Thunb.

Common names:

• eulalia  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• miscanthus  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• zebra grass  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• Schilfgras  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• capim-zebra  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• eulália  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• eogsae  (Source: Kulturpflanze) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental;

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands (s.), Primorye (s.), Sakhalin (s.)]
• CHINA: China, [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng] Hong Kong
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku] Korea, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• MALESIA: Indonesia, [Sulawesi] Philippines


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized




Australasia

• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand [North Island, South Island]

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri, Illinois]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

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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=24493. Accessed 29 September 2024.