See other conspecific taxa:

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

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

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

• (-) Miscanthus sinensis f. sinensis Andersson
• (=) Miscanthus sinensis var. formosanus Hack.
• (-) Miscanthus sinensis var. sinensis Andersson

Common names:

• Chinese silver grass  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• eulalia  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• euly  (Source: Grass Japan) - English
• maiden grass  (Source: Pl Names) - English
• zebra grass  (Source: Pl Names) - English
• eulalie  (Source: Zander ed17) - French
• Chinaschilf  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• Schilfgras  (Source: Pl Names) - German
• susuki  (Source: F Korea) - Japanese Rōmaji

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; ornamental; ornamental

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Primorye]
• 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, Liaoning Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea, Taiwan


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
3. Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 2002. Characterization of a genetic resource collection for Miscanthus (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) using AFLP and ISSR PCR. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 89:627-636.
4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
5. Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
6. Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
8. Sun, Q, et al. 2010. A taxonomic revision of Miscanthus s.l. (Poaceae) from China. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 164:191, 201. Note: treats as Miscanthus sinensis var. sinensis
9. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR

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=400940. Accessed 29 June 2024.