Saccharum_spontaneum

<i>Saccharum spontaneum</i>

Saccharum spontaneum

Species of plant

Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane,[1] kans grass) is a grass native throughout much of tropical and subtropical Asia, northern Australia, and eastern and northern Africa..[2] It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots.[3][4]

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Kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum)

The plant has hybridized with Saccharum officinarum, a domesticated sugarcane. The hybridization has produced Saccharum barberi and Saccharum sinense.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Saccharum spontaneum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Saccharum spontaneum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. [4]
    "www.assamplants.com { A database of medicinal plants of Assam for a green future }". assamplants.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07.
  5. [5]
    Paterson, Andrew H.; Moore, Paul H.; Tom L., Tew (2012). "The Gene Pool of Saccharum Species and Their Improvement". In Paterson, Andrew H. (ed.). Genomics of the Saccharinae. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 43–72. ISBN 9781441959478.
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