Kans grass | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Genus: | Saccharum |
Species: | S. spontaneum |
Binomial name | |
Saccharum spontaneum |
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]
The plant has hybridized with Saccharum officinarum , a domesticated sugarcane. The hybridization has produced Saccharum barberi and Saccharum sinense . [5]
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