Saccharum Linnaeus 1753 (sugarcane)

Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Gramineae according to R. N. Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Hygrorhizos, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Palaeozea, Zea, Stipidium, Humbertochloa, Palaeoavena, Stipa, Bambusites, Muhlenbergia, Andropogon, Poacites, Oryzopsis, Graminites, Triticum, Palaeopyrum, Phalaris, Palaeophragmites, Phyllostachys, Glumophyllum, Chaetochloa, Paleoeriocoma, Sorghum, Setaria, Phragmites, Festuca, Oryza, Berriochloa, Pennisetum, Leptaspis, Arundinaria, Graminophyllum, Panicum, Bromus, Rhizocaulon

Subtaxa: Saccharum officinarum Saccharum spicatum

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Type: Saccharum officinarum

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Saccharum in the database

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