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Taxon:  Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack.



Summary
Genus:
Miscanthus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
24487
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 6:104. 1889
Verified:
10/01/2014 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
Basionym
Eulalia nepalensis Trin.

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Reference(s)
  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. URL: http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
  2. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  5. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  6. 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: finds evidence that this taxon should not be classified as Miscanthus s.str.
  7. Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 2002. Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. J. Pl. Res. 115:381-392. Note: included in phylogenetic analysis because it belongs in subtribe Saccharinae, it clustered without much support in a clade outside of Miscanthus s.str.
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. 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
  10. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  11. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
Himalayan fairy grass –
Nepal silver grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew ZealandNorth Island 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh], Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand [North Island]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalpotential as ornamental Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.


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