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Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

This species name was first published in Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166 (1855)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000880299.

Synonyms of Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Erianthus japonicus (Thunb.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 14 (1812) wfo-0000868962
Eulalia japonica (Thunb.) Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 333 (1832) wfo-0000869279
Eulalia japonica var. gracillima (Hitchc.) Grier Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 331 (1929) — wfo-0000869280
Eulalia japonica var. zebrina (Van Geert) G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. : 538 (1888) wfo-0000869281
Miscanthus boninensis Nakai ex Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928) wfo-0000880231
Miscanthus chejuensis Y.N.Lee Korean J. Bot. 17: 85 (1974) wfo-0000880235
Miscanthus chrysander Maxim ex Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 254, in syn. 1913 wfo-0000880236
Miscanthus condensatus Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 639 (1899) wfo-0000880237
Miscanthus coreensis Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 531 (1904) wfo-0000880238
Miscanthus flavidus Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 113 (1923) wfo-0000880244
Miscanthus hidakanus Honda J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 379 (1930) wfo-0000880252
Miscanthus ionandros Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 13 (1917) wfo-0000880254
Miscanthus kanehirai Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132 (1928) wfo-0000880257
Miscanthus kokusanensis Nakai & Honda J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930) wfo-0000880258
Miscanthus kokusanensis f. variegatus Honda J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930) — wfo-0000880259
Miscanthus littoralis Honda J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930) wfo-0000880260
Miscanthus matsudae Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 114 (1923) wfo-0000880266
Miscanthus matsudae var. glabrescens Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131 (1925) wfo-0000880267
Miscanthus miser Nakai ex Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 517 (1938) wfo-0000880270
Miscanthus nakaianus Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928) wfo-0000880271
Miscanthus neocoreanus Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 694 (1935) wfo-0000880272
Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 167 (1855) wfo-0000880287
Miscanthus pycnocephalus Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131 (1928) wfo-0000880288
Miscanthus pycnocephalus var. purpurascens Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132 (1928) wfo-0000880289
Miscanthus sinensis f. crassiracemus Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 (1942) — wfo-0000880300
Miscanthus sinensis f. decompositus Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917) — wfo-0000880301
Miscanthus sinensis f. gracillimus (Hitchc.) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942) — wfo-0000880302
Miscanthus sinensis f. hashimotoi Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 (1942) — wfo-0000880303
Miscanthus sinensis f. porphyrocomus Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942) — wfo-0000880305
Miscanthus sinensis f. purpurascens (Andersson) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917) — wfo-0000880306
Miscanthus sinensis f. pycnocephalus (Honda) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942) — wfo-0000880307
Miscanthus sinensis f. transiticus Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917) — wfo-0000880308
Miscanthus sinensis f. variegatus (Beal) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 (1917) — wfo-0000880309
Miscanthus sinensis f. zebrinus (G.Nicholson) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 1917 — wfo-0000880310
Miscanthus sinensis subsp. condensatus (Hack.) T.Koyama Grass. Japan : 518 (1987) wfo-0000880311
Miscanthus sinensis subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR : 693 (1976) wfo-0000880312
Miscanthus sinensis var. albiflorus Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 2: 23 (2002) wfo-0000880313
Miscanthus sinensis var. chejuensis (Y.N.Lee) Y.N.Lee Fl. Korea : 1164 (1996) wfo-0000880314
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus (Hack.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 14 (1917) — wfo-0000880316
Miscanthus sinensis var. decompositus (Nakai) Honda J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 384 (1930) — wfo-0000880317
Miscanthus sinensis var. formosanus Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 526 (1904) wfo-0000880318
Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Hitchc. Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1021 (1901) wfo-0000880319
Miscanthus sinensis var. ionandros (Nakai) Y.N.Lee J. Jap. Bot. 39: 293 (1964) wfo-0000880320
Miscanthus sinensis var. keumunensis Y.N.Lee J. Jap. Bot. 39: 119 (1964) wfo-0000880321
Miscanthus sinensis var. nakaianus (Honda) Y.N.Lee J. Jap. Bot. 39: 263 1964 — wfo-0000880322
Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens (Andersson) Matsum. Shokubutsu Mai-i , ed. 2: 189 (1895) — wfo-0000880323
Miscanthus sinensis var. sananensis Y.N.Lee J. Jap. Bot. 39: 119 1964 — wfo-0000880325
Miscanthus sinensis var. transiticus (Nakai) T.Mori Enum. Pl. Corea : 46 (1922) — wfo-0000880326
Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus Beal Grass. N. Amer. 2: 25 (1896) wfo-0000880327
Miscanthus sinensis var. yogoi Honda ex Yogo Shuso-gun Hakubutsu Shi 1: t. 3 (1929) wfo-0000880328
Miscanthus transmorrisonensis Hayata J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 404 (1911) wfo-0000880338
Miscanthus zebrinus (Van Geert) Nakai ex Matsum. Shokubutsu Mai-i 2: 254 (1916) wfo-0000880342
Ripidium japonicum (Thunb.) Trin. Fund. Agrost. : 169 (1820) wfo-0000895891
Saccharum japonicum Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 328 (1794) wfo-0000896626
Saccharum roseum Reinw. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 518 (1857) wfo-0000896715
Xiphagrostis condensatus (Hack.) W.Wight Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 137: 17 (1909) wfo-0000907571
Xiphagrostis japonica (Thunb.) Coville Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905) wfo-0000907574
Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus Beal Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 25. 1896 wfo-0001097673
Miscanthus sinensis f. variegatus (Beal) Beetle Phytologia 38: 175. 1978 wfo-0001098215
Miscanthus sinensis f. zebrinus (Beal) Beetle Phytologia 38: 175. 1978 wfo-0001098216
Miscanthus sinensis var. coreensis (Hack.) I.C.Chung J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 45(7): 215 1955 — wfo-0001235158
Miscanthus sinensis var. ionandros (Nakai) I.C.Chung J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 45(7): 215 1955 — wfo-0001235159
Miscanthus sinensis var. nakaianus (Honda) I.C.Chung J. Washington Acad. Sci. 45: 215 (1955) wfo-0001235161
Miscanthus sinensis f. sinensis – – — wfo-0001236604
Miscanthus kokusanensis var. variegatus (Nakai & Honda) Nakai & Honda Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. 31: 140 1952 — wfo-0001247731
Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens (Andersson) Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 348 1904 — wfo-0001247785
Miscanthus sinensis var. viridis Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 16 (2006) wfo-0001383075
Miscanthus condensatus var. purpurascens Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 19 (2006) wfo-0001383076
Eulalia zebrina Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 76: 25 (1878) wfo-1000037242
Xiphagrostis japonicus (Trin.) Coville Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905) wfo-1000038103
Miscanthus sinensis var. intermedius Matsum. Index Pl. Jap. 2(1): 66 (1905) wfo-1200018583
Miscanthus sinensis var. coriaceus T.Mori Enum. Pl. Corea : 46 (1922) wfo-1200018683
Miscanthus sinensis f. glaber Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 17 (1917) — wfo-1200033323
Miscanthus sinensis var. longiaxis Y.N.Lee J. Jap. Bot. 39: 118 (1964) — wfo-1200034125
Miscanthus condensatus var. intermedius Y.N.Lee J. Jap. Bot. 39: 117 (1964) — wfo-1200034126