Saccharum officinarum

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Saccharinae
Genus: Saccharum
Species:

Saccharum officinarum L., 1753

• Homotypic
  • Saccharifera officinalis Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 132 (1812), nom. superfl.
  • Saccharum officinarum var. genuinum Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(4): 256 (1883), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Arundo saccharifera Garsault, Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 111 (1764), opus utique oppr.
  • Saccharum monandrum Rottb., Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 285 (1777).
  • Saccharum officinale Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 17 (1796), orth. var.
  • Saccharum officinarum var. violaceum Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 102 (1805).
  • Saccharum violaceum Tussac, Fl. Antill. 1: 160 (1808).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. otaheitense Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 285 (1817).
  • Saccharum occidentale Sw., Adnot. Bot.: 17 (1829).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. giganteum Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 474 (1833).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. purpureum Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 474 (1833).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. tahitense Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 474 (1833).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. oceanicum Endl., Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 158 (1836), nom. nud.
  • Saccharum officinarum var. litteratum Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 50 (1848).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. litteratum-breve Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 50 (1848).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. luridum Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 49 (1848).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. luteum-durum Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 47 (1848).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. otaheitense Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 47 (1848), nom. illeg.
  • Saccharum officinarum var. rubrum-altum Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 48 (1848).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. rubrum-humile Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 48 (1848).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. tahitense Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 154 (1855), nom. illeg.
  • Saccharum infirmum Steud. in W.Lechler, Berberid. Amer. Austral.: 56 (1857), nom. nud.
  • Saccharum bataviense André, Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 207 (1866).
  • Saccharum maddenii André, Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 207 (1866).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. variegatum André, Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 207 (1866).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. brevipedicellatum Hack. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 256 (1883).
  • Saccharum spontaneum subsp. luzonicum Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 116 (1889).
  • Saccharum atrorubens Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum fragile Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum glabrum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum luzonicum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. atrorubens Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. fragile Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. glabrum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. luzonicum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. obscurum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. rubicundum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum rubicundum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Fl. Polynésie Franç.: 256 (1892).
  • Saccharum officinarum var. jamaicense Sickenb., Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4: 302 (1901).
  • Saccharum hybridum R.M.Grey, Rep. Harvard Bot. Gard. Cienfuegos Cuba: 68 (1927), nom. nud.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Introduced into: Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Oman, Panamá, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 54. Reference page. 

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Saccharum officinarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Saccharum officinarum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Saccharum officinarum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 October 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Saccharum officinarum. Published online. Accessed: October 03 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Saccharum officinarum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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