Miscanthus sinensis

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Internal ID	UUID6440315ea8b29359235019
Scientific name	Miscanthus sinensis
Authority	Andersson
First published in	Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166 (1855)

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Erianthus japonicus	P.Beauv.	Ess. Agrostogr. : 14 (1812)
Eulalia japonica	Trin.	Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 333 (1832)
Eulalia japonica var. gracillima	(Hitchc.) Grier	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 331 1929
Eulalia japonica var. zebrina	G.Nicholson	Ill. Dict. Gard. 538 1888
Miscanthus boninensis	Nakai ex Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928)
Miscanthus chejuensis	Y.N.Lee	Korean J. Bot. 17: 85 (1974)
Miscanthus chrysander	Maxim ex Makino	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 254, in syn. 1913
Miscanthus condensatus	Hack.	Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 639 (1899)
Miscanthus coreensis	Hack.	Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 531 (1904)
Miscanthus flavidus	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 113 (1923)
Miscanthus hidakanus	Honda	J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 379 (1930)
Miscanthus ionandros	Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 13 (1917)
Miscanthus kanehirai	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132 (1928)
Miscanthus kokusanensis	Nakai & Honda	J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930)
Miscanthus kokusanensis f. variegatus	Honda	J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 1930
Miscanthus littoralis	Honda	J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930)
Miscanthus matsudae	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 114 (1923)
Miscanthus matsudae var. glabrescens	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131. 1925
Miscanthus miser	Nakai ex Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 517 (1938)
Miscanthus nakaianus	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928)
Miscanthus neocoreanus	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 694 (1935)
Miscanthus purpurascens	Andersson	Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 167 (1855)
Miscanthus pycnocephalus	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131 (1928)
Miscanthus pycnocephalus var. purpurascens	Honda	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132. 1928
Miscanthus sinensis f. crassiracemus	Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 1942
Miscanthus sinensis f. decompositus	Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 1917
Miscanthus sinensis f. gracillimus	(Hitchc.) Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 1942
Miscanthus sinensis f. hashimotoi	Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 1942
Miscanthus sinensis f. porphyrocomus	Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 1942
Miscanthus sinensis f. purpurascens	(Andersson) Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 1917
Miscanthus sinensis f. pycnocephalus	(Honda) Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 1942
Miscanthus sinensis f. transiticus	Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 1917
Miscanthus sinensis f. variegatus	(Beal) Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 1917
Miscanthus sinensis f. zebrinus	(G.Nicholson) Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 1917
Miscanthus sinensis subsp. condensatus	(Hack.) T.Koyama	Grass. Japan : 518 (1987)
Miscanthus sinensis subsp. purpurascens	(Andersson) Tzvelev	Zlaki SSSR : 693 (1976)
Miscanthus sinensis var. albiflorus	Y.N.Lee	Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 2: 23 (2002)
Miscanthus sinensis var. chejuensis	(Y.N.Lee) Y.N.Lee	Fl. Korea : 1164 (1996)
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus	(Hack.) Makino	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 14 1917
Miscanthus sinensis var. decompositus	(Nakai) Honda	J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 384 1930
Miscanthus sinensis var. formosanus	Hack.	Bull. Herb. Boissier sér. 2, 4: 526. 1904
Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus	Hitchc.	Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1021. 1901
Miscanthus sinensis var. ionandros	(Nakai) Y.N.Lee	J. Jap. Bot. 39: 293. 1964
Miscanthus sinensis var. keumunensis	Y.N.Lee	J. Jap. Bot. 39: 119. 1964
Miscanthus sinensis var. nakaianus	(Honda) Y.N.Lee	J. Jap. Bot. 39: 263 1964
Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens	(Andersson) Matsum.	Shokubutsu Mai-i ed. 2: 189 1895
Miscanthus sinensis var. sananensis	Y.N.Lee	J. Jap. Bot. 39: 119 1964
Miscanthus sinensis var. transiticus	(Nakai) T.Mori	Enum. Pl. Corea 46 1922
Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus	Beal	Grass. N. Amer. 2: 25 (1896)
Miscanthus sinensis var. yogoi	Honda ex Yogo	Shuso-gun Hakubutsu Shi 1: t. 3. 1929
Miscanthus transmorrisonensis	Hayata	J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 404 (1911)
Miscanthus zebrinus	Nakai ex Matsumura	Shokubutsu Mai-i 2: 254 (1916)
Ripidium japonicum	(Thunb.) Trin.	Fund. Agrost. : 169 (1820)
Saccharum japonicum	Thunb.	Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 328 (1794)
Saccharum roseum	Reinw. ex Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 518 (1857)
Xiphagrostis condensatus	W.Wight	Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 137: 17 (1909)
Xiphagrostis japonica	Coville	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905)
Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus	Beal	Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 25. 1896
Miscanthus sinensis f. variegatus	(Beal) Beetle	Phytologia 38: 175. 1978
Miscanthus sinensis f. zebrinus	(Beal) Beetle	Phytologia 38: 175. 1978
Miscanthus sinensis var. coreensis	(Hack.) I.C.Chung	J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 45(7): 215 1955
Miscanthus sinensis var. ionandros	(Nakai) I.C.Chung	J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 45(7): 215 1955
Miscanthus sinensis var. nakaianus	(Honda) I.C.Chung	J. Washington Acad. Sci. 45: 215. 1955
Miscanthus kokusanensis var. variegatus	(Nakai & Honda) Nakai & Honda	Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. 31: 140 1952
Miscanthus sinensis var. viridis	Y.N.Lee	Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 16 (2006)
Miscanthus condensatus var. purpurascens	Y.N.Lee	Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 19 (2006)
Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens	(Andersson) Rendle	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 348 1904
Eulalia zebrina	Van Geert	Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 76: 25 (1878)
Xiphagrostis japonicus	(Trin.) Coville	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905)
Miscanthus sinensis var. intermedius	Matsum.	Index Pl. Jap. 2(1): 66 (1905)
Miscanthus sinensis var. coriaceus	T.Mori	Enum. Pl. Corea : 46 (1922)
Miscanthus sinensis f. glaber	Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 17 (1917)
Miscanthus sinensis var. longiaxis	Y.N.Lee	J. Jap. Bot. 39: 118 (1964)
Miscanthus condensatus var. intermedius	Y.N.Lee	J. Jap. Bot. 39: 117 (1964)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	chinese silvergrass
English	maiden silvergrass
Spanish	xiphagrostis japonicus
Spanish	plateado chino
Spanish	porcupine
Spanish	erianthus japonicus
Spanish	eulalia japonica
Spanish	eulalia japonica var. gracillima
Spanish	miscanthus condensatus
Spanish	miscanthus flavidus
Spanish	miscanthus purpurascens
Spanish	miscanthus transmorrisonensis
Spanish	ripidium japonicum
Spanish	saccharum japonicum
Catalan	eulàlia
Czech	ozdobnice čínská
German	chinaschilf
Esperanto	Ĉina kano
Finnish	elefanttiheinä
Finnish	elefanttiruoho
Hebrew	עשב פילים
Italian	eulalia japonica
Italian	susuki
Japanese	ススキ
Japanese	すゝき
Japanese	尾花
Japanese	薄
Japanese	すすき
Korean	참억새
lzh	芒
Polish	miskant chiński
Russian	Веерник китайский
Russian	Веероцветник китайский
Russian	Мискантус китайский
Swedish	glansmiskantus
Chinese	中国芒
Chinese	芭芒
Chinese	芒草
Chinese	金平芒
Chinese	芒茎
Chinese	芒花
Chinese	芒根
Chinese	芒
Chinese	芒气笋子

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• Africa click to expand
  • Northern Africa
    • Egypt

• Asia-temperate click to expand
  • Caucasus
    • Transcaucasus
  • China
    • China North-central
    • China South-central
    • China Southeast
    • Hainan
    • Manchuria
  • Eastern Asia
    • Japan
    • Kazan-retto
    • Korea
    • Nansei-shoto
    • Ogasawara-Shoto
    • Taiwan
  • Russian Far East
    • Khabarovsk
    • Kuril Islands
    • Primorye
    • Sakhalin
  • Western Asia
    • Turkey

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  • Indo-China
    • Laos
    • South China Sea
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
  • Malesia
    • Borneo
    • Jawa
    • Maluku
    • Philippines

• Australasia click to expand
  • New Zealand
    • New Zealand North
    • New Zealand South

• Europe click to expand
  • Middle Europe
    • Austria
    • Czechoslovakia
    • Germany
  • Northern Europe
    • Great Britain
  • Southeastern Europe
    • Italy

• Northern America click to expand
  • Eastern Canada
    • Ontario
  • Mexico
    • Mexico Southeast
  • North-central U.S.A.
    • Illinois
    • Missouri
  • Northeastern U.S.A.
    • Connecticut
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • New Jersey
    • New York
    • Ohio
    • Pennsylvania
    • Rhode Island
    • West Virginia
  • Northwestern U.S.A.
    • Colorado
  • Southeastern U.S.A.
    • Alabama
    • Arkansas
    • Delaware
    • District Of Columbia
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Maryland
    • Mississippi
    • North Carolina
    • South Carolina
    • Tennessee
    • Virginia
  • Southwestern U.S.A.
    • California

• Pacific click to expand
  • Northwestern Pacific
    • Marshall Islands

• Southern America click to expand
  • Brazil
    • Brazil South
    • Brazil Southeast
    • Brazil West-central
  • Caribbean
    • Cuba
    • Puerto Rico
  • Southern South America
    • Chile Central
    • Uruguay

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000880299
Florida Plant Atlas	93
Flora of Alabama	4870
Canadensys	7774
USDA Plants	MISI
Tropicos	25518316
INPN	108642
Flora of Italy	7816
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408768-1
The Plant List	kew-424644
Plantarium	24529
Missouri Botanical Garden	285333
Open Tree Of Life	764796
Observations.org	20479
NCBI Taxonomy	62337
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0200002653
Nature Serve	2.147438
IPNI	408768-1
iNaturalist	165474
GBIF	2706026
Freebase	/m/0dy_km
FEIS	plants/graminoid/missin
EPPO	MISSI
EOL	1115038
Calflora (Californian flora)	5596
USDA GRIN	24493
Wikipedia	Miscanthus_sinensis

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