Tripidium arundinaceum

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Tripidium arundinaceum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Tripidium
Species:
T. arundinaceum
Binomial name
Tripidium arundinaceum
(Retz.) Welker, Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Erianthus arundinaceus(Retz.) Jeswiet
  • Erianthus griffithii var. trichophyllusHand.-Mazz.
  • Erianthus trichophyllus(Hand.-Mazz.) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Imperata exaltata(Roxb.) Brongn.
  • Ripidium arundinaceum(Retz.) Grassl
  • Saccharum arundinaceumRetz.
  • Saccharum arundinaceum var. trichophyllum(Hand.-Mazz.) S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen
  • Saccharum barbicostatumOhwi
  • Saccharum exaltatumRoxb.
  • Saccharum soltwedeliiKobus

Tripidium arundinaceum, synonym Saccharum arundinaceum, [1] commonly known as hardy sugar cane,[ citation needed ] is a grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia from India to Korea and New Guinea. [1]

In the Tamil language it is known as நாணல் − nāṇal.[ citation needed ] In the Assamese language it is known as মেগেলা কুঁহিয়াৰ − meghela kuhiyaar, with the word kuhiyaar meaning sugarcane.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tripidium arundinaceum (Retz.) Welker, Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-04