Saccharum Linnaeus 1753 (sugarcane)

Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Gramineae according to R. N. Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Humbertochloa, Glumophyllum, Berriochloa, Andropogon, Phragmites, Sorghum, Bambusites, Chaetochloa, Stipa, Phalaris, Pennisetum, Graminophyllum, Phyllostachys, Poacites, Palaeophragmites, Paleoeriocoma, Setaria, Muhlenbergia, Arundinaria, Festuca, Panicum, Graminites, Bromus, Oryzopsis, Leptaspis, Oryza, Stipidium, Rhizocaulon, Palaeoavena, Palaeopyrum, Triticum

Subtaxa: Saccharum officinarum Saccharum spicatum

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Type: Saccharum officinarum

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Saccharum in the database

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