Arundo
| Arundo | |
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| File:Starr 010419-0059 Arundo donax.jpg | |
| Giant cane (Arundo donax) | |
| Scientific classification e | |
| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Arundo |
| Type species | |
| Arundo donax | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Arundo is a genus of stout, perennial plants in the grass family.
Description
Arundo is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and much of temperate Asia as far east as Japan.[5] They grow to 3–6 m tall, occasionally to 10 m, with leaves 30–60 cm long and 3–6 cm broad.
- Arundo collina Ten.
- Arundo donax L. – Giant cane, Spanish cane (south and east Mediterranean, to India; naturalised in many additional areas and often invasive)
- Arundo formosana Hack. – Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Philippines
- Arundo mediterranea Danin – Mediterranean
- Arundo micrantha Lam. – Mediterranean
- Arundo plinii Turra – Pliny's reed – Greece, Italy, Albania, Croatia
There are over 200 species once considered part of Arundo but now regarded as better suited to other genera:[4] Achnatherum, Agrostis, Ammophila, Ampelodesmos, Arthrostylidium, Arundinaria, Austroderia, Bambusa, Calamagrostis, Calammophila, Calamovilfa, Chionochloa, Chusquea, Cinna, Cortaderia, Dendrocalamus, Deschampsia, Dupontia, Gastridium, Gigantochloa, Graphephorum, Gynerium, Imperata, Indocalamus, Melica, Miscanthus, Molinia, Muhlenbergia, Neyraudia, Phalaris, Phragmites, Poa, Psammochloa, Rytidosperma, Saccharum, Schizostachyum, Scolochloa, Stipa, Thysanolaena, Trisetaria.
See also
References
- ↑ Makulbekov, M. N (2002). "Позднемеловые флоры Южной Монголии и их стратиграфическое положение" (PDF). Collection of Memories, Vsevolod Andreevich Vakhrameev.
- ↑ E. W. Berry. (1914). "The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia" (PDF). US Geological Survey Professional Paper.
- ↑ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 121 (1929)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ The Plant List search for Arundo
External links
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