Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev GRIN-Global

Taxon: Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev

Summary

Genus:

Miscanthus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Saccharinae

Nomen number:

314426

Place of publication:

Zlaki SSSR (Grasses of the Soviet Union) 693. 1976

Verified:

01/23/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson (1 active accession[s])
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. condensatus (Hack.) T. Koyama (0 active accession[s])
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. sinensis (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. purpurascens (Andersson) Matsum.

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Reference(s)

Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 2002. Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. J. Pl. Res. 115:381-392.
Hodkinson, T. R. et al. 2002. Phylogenetics of Miscanthus, Saccharum and related genera (Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, Poaceae) based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL-F intergenic spacers. J. Pl. Res. 115:381-392.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Quattrocchi, U. CRC world dictionary of grasses. Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. 2006 1314.
Sun, Q, et al. 2010. A taxonomic revision of Miscanthus s.l. (Poaceae) from China. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 164:201.
Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976

Common names

English
purple silver grass –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jilin
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Liaoning
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shandong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	Hong Kong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Sakhalin
2	Cultivated

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang], Hong Kong
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye, Sakhalin]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=314426. Accessed 20 July 2025.