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Saccharum L.
sugarcane

       
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Saccharum L.

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Distribution:
Saccharum L.

 
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Saccharum L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.. . Image Available.
Saccharum alopecuroides
silver plumegrass
Distribution of Saccharum arundinaceum Retz. [excluded]. .
Saccharum arundinaceum
Distribution of Saccharum baldwinii Spreng.. . Image Available.
Saccharum baldwinii
narrow plumegrass
Distribution of Saccharum barberi Jeswiet [excluded]. .
Saccharum barberi
Distribution of Saccharum bengalense Retz.. . Image Available.
Saccharum bengalense
Munj sweetcane
Distribution of Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx.) Pers.. .
Saccharum brevibarbe
shortbeard plumegrass
Distribution of Saccharum coarctatum (Fernald) R. Webster. . Image Available.
Saccharum coarctatum
compressed plumegrass
Distribution of Saccharum giganteum (Walter) Pers.. . Image Available.
Saccharum giganteum
sugarcane plumegrass
Distribution of Saccharum officinarum L.. . Image Available.
Saccharum officinarum
sugarcane
Distribution of Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.. . Image Available.
Saccharum ravennae
ravennagrass
Distribution of Saccharum robustum E.W. Brandes & Jeswiet ex Grassl [excluded]. . Image Available.
Saccharum robustum
robust cane
Distribution of Saccharum sinense Roxb. [excluded]. .
Saccharum sinense
Distribution of Saccharum spontaneum L.. .
Saccharum spontaneum
wild sugarcane
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Saccharum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Saccharum L. – sugarcane
 

More Accounts and Images:
Saccharum L.

View species account from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42054.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 
 
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