Arundo

Arundo Temporal range: 83.6–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous–Recent [1] [2]
Giant cane ( Arundo donax )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Arundinoideae
Tribe:	Arundineae
Genus:	Arundo Tourn. ex L.
Type species
Arundo donax L. [3]
Synonyms [4]
DonaxP.Beauv. 1812, illegitimate homonym not Lour. 1790 EudonaxFr. ScolochloaMert. & W.D.J.Koch AmphidonaxNees DonaciumFr.

Arundo is a genus of stout, perennial plants in the grass family.

Description

Arundo is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and much of temperate Asia as far east as Japan. ^[5] They grow to 3–6 m tall, occasionally to 10 m, with leaves 30–60 cm long and 3–6 cm broad.

Species ^{[4] [6]}

• Arundo collina Ten.
• Arundo donax L. – Giant cane, Spanish cane (south and east Mediterranean, to India; naturalised in many additional areas and often invasive)
• Arundo formosana Hack. – Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Philippines
• Arundo mediterranea Danin – Mediterranean
• Arundo micrantha Lam. – Mediterranean
• Arundo plinii Turra – Pliny's reed – Greece, Italy, Albania, Croatia

There are over 200 species once considered part of Arundo but now regarded as better suited to other genera: ^[4] Achnatherum , Agrostis , Ammophila , Ampelodesmos , Arthrostylidium , Arundinaria , Austroderia , Bambusa , Calamagrostis , Calammophila , Calamovilfa , Chionochloa , Chusquea , Cinna , Cortaderia , Dendrocalamus , Deschampsia , Dupontia , Gastridium , Gigantochloa , Graphephorum , Gynerium , Imperata , Indocalamus , Melica , Miscanthus , Molinia , Muhlenbergia , Neyraudia , Phalaris , Phragmites , Poa , Psammochloa , Rytidosperma , Saccharum , Schizostachyum , Scolochloa , Stipa , Thysanolaena , Trisetaria .

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. Makulbekov, M. N (2002). "Позднемеловые флоры Южной Монголии и их стратиграфическое положение" (PDF). Collection of Memories, Vsevolod Andreevich Vakhrameev.
2. E. W. Berry. (1914). "The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia" (PDF). US Geological Survey Professional Paper.
3. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 121 (1929)
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
6. The Plant List search for Arundo

External links

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Arundo
• Erowid Arundo Donax vault