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, Muhlenbergia, Phalaris, Palaeophragmites, Chaetochloa, Pennisetum, Triticum, Paleoeriocoma, Arundinaria, Setaria, Sorghum, Graminites, Panicum, Humbertochloa, Leptaspis, Phragmites, Graminophyllum, Oryzopsis, Bromus, Palaeopyrum, Stipidium, Rhizocaulon, Stipa, Festuca, Phyllostachys, Oryza, Bambusites, Glumophyllum, Poacites, Andropogon, Berriochloa, Palaeoavena

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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