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Taxon:  Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.



Summary
Genus:
Saccharum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Nomen number:
103325
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. ed. 13:88. 1774
Comment:
  • Linnaeus is author of the new names in Syst. veg. ed. 13
  • Murray was simply editor, fide TL-2 3:110, 670. 1981
Verified:
07/01/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon ravennae L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Erianthus ravennae (L.) P. Beauv.
Ripidium ravennae (L.) Trin.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Erianthus elephantinus Hook. f.
Erianthus purpurascens Andersson
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976- Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  3. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960 Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  4. Cordeiro, G. M. et al. 2003. Sugarcane microsatellites for the assessment of genetic diversity in sugarcane germplasm. Pl. Sci. (Elsevier) 165:181-189.
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Tripidium ravennae (L.) H. Scholtz
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  8. Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992
  9. Grassl, C. O. 1972. Taxonomy of Saccharum relatives: Sclerostachya, Narenga, and Erianthus. Proc. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. 14:244. Note: based on floral structures & growth type, Grassl accepted the recognition of this Old World taxon in the genus Ripidium Trin., unaware of its nomenclatural unavailable status
  10. Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 2002. Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. J. Pl. Res. 115:381-392. Note: a phylogeny of the genus Miscanthus included sequences from this taxon (as S. ravennae Murr.) that clustered sister to S. arundinaceum & finding support of and Old World group (Ripidium) distant from Saccharum
  11. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941 Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  12. Lambert, A. M. et al. 2010. Invasive species and fire in Califronia ecosystems. Fremontia 38:29-36.
  13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  14. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985 Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  15. Meyer, M. H. 2012. Chapter 3. Ornamental grasses in the United States. Hort. Rev. 39:121-151.
  16. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  18. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963 Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  19. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  20. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993- Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  21. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966- Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  22. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 Note: lists as S. ravennae (L.) Murray
  23. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976 Note: = Erianthus ravennae (L.) P. Beauv.
  24. Wang, X.-H. et al. 2009. Molecular identification of Saccharum spp. × Erianthus fulvus hybrids using sequence-characterized amplified region markers. Crop Sci. (Madison) 49:865.
  25. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
  26. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
  27. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:555.
Common names
English
Italian sugarcane –
plume grass –
Ravenna grass –
Swedish
sockergräs –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance s. & Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Pakistan
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (s. & Corsica)
Cultivated
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
erosion control (for erosion control fide F ChinaEng) –


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