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Taxon:
Miscanthus
×
giganteus
J. M. Greef & Deuter ex Hodk. & Renvoize
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Miscanthus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
455049
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 56:759. 2001 (J. M. Greef & M. Deuter, Angew. Bot. 67:88. 1993, nom. inval.)
Comment:
[=
M. sinensis
×
M. sacchariflorus
]
Verified:
03/25/2008
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
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Reference(s)
Greef, J. M. et al.
1997. Genetic diversity of European
Miscanthus
species revealed by AFLP fingerprinting. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:185-195.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Hodkinson, T. R. & S. A. Renvoize.
2001. Nomenclature of
Miscanthus ×giganteus
(Poaceae). Kew Bull. 56:759-760.
Hodkinson, T. R. et al.
2002. Characterization of a genetic resource collection for
Miscanthus
(Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) using AFLP and ISSR PCR. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 89:627-636.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Note:
confirms hybrid pedigree
Hodkinson, T. R. et al.
2002. The use of DNA sequencing (ITS and trnL-F), AFLP, and fluorescent
in situ
hybridization to study allopolyploid
Miscanthus
(Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 89:279-286.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Note:
confirms hybrid pedigree
Long, S. P.
2008. Miscanthus research at the University of Illinois. (on-line resource).
URL:
http://miscanthus.uiuc.edu/
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Pyter, R. et al.
2009. Agronomic experiences with
Miscanthus
×
giganteus
in Illinois, USA. IN: J. R. Mielenzz (ed.) Biofuels. Methods and Proctocols. Methods in Molecular Biology Springer Nature., Switzerland. 581:41-52.
Note:
a book series since 1984
Scurlock, J. M. O.
1999. Miscanthus: a review of European experience with a novel energy crop. (on-line resource).
URL:
http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/reports/miscanthus/toc.html
Common names
English
giant Miscanthus –
Reference(s)
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Note
2
Cultivated
only cult.
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
potential as feedstock
as a "biomass feedstock"
Pyter, R. et al.
2009. Agronomic experiences with
Miscanthus
×
giganteus
in Illinois, USA. IN: J. R. Mielenzz (ed.) Biofuels. Methods and Proctocols. Methods in Molecular Biology Springer Nature., Switzerland. 581:41-52.
Note:
a book series since 1984
Fuels
potential as biomass for energy generation
fide http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/reports/miscanthus/toc.html,
Scurlock, J. M. O.
1999. Miscanthus: a review of European experience with a novel energy crop. (on-line resource).
URL:
http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/reports/miscanthus/toc.html
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