Miscanthus

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Miscanthus sinensis, auteur : Markus Hagenlocher

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Miscanthus, or silvergrass, is a genus of African, Eurasian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, Poaceae.

SpeciesMiscanthus changii Y.N.Lee – Korea

Miscanthus depauperatus Merr. – the Philippines

Miscanthus ecklonii (Nees) Mabb. – southern Africa

Miscanthus floridulus – China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands

Miscanthus fuscus (Roxb.) Benth. – Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Pen Malaysia

Miscanthus junceus – southern Africa

Miscanthus lutarioriparius L.Liu ex S.L.Chen & Renvoize – Hubei, Hunan

Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack. – Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia

Miscanthus nudipes (Griseb.) Hack. – Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, Yunnan

Miscanthus × ogiformis Honda – Korea, Japan

Miscanthus oligostachyus Stapf. – Korea, Japan

Miscanthus paniculatus (B.S.Sun) S.L.Chen & Renvoize – Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan

Miscanthus sacchariflorus – Korea, Japan, northeastern China, Russian Far East

Miscanthus sinensis – Korea, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Russian Far East; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, South America

Miscanthus tinctorius (Steud.) Hack. – Japan

Miscanthus villosus Y.C.Liu & H.Peng – Yunnan

Miscanthus violaceus (K.Schum.) Pilg. – tropical Africaformerly includedsee Chloris, Pseudopogonatherum, Saccharum, and Spodiopogon

Miscanthus affinis – Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve

Miscanthus cotulifer – Spodiopogon cotulifer

Miscanthus polydactylos – Chloris elata

Miscanthus rufipilus – Saccharum rufipilum

Miscanthus tanakae – Pseudopogonatherum speciosum