Miscanthus sinensis




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Andropogoneae
Scientific name Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
Synonyms Eulalia japonica Trinius; Miscanthus flavidus Honda; Miscanthus kanehirae Honda; Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson; Miscanthus sinensis Andersson forma glaber Honda; Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev; Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. purpurascens (Andersson) Matsumura; Miscanthus transmorrisonensis Hayata; Saccharum japonicum Thunberg
Common name (Japanese common name) susuki (ススキ, 薄 [meaning: well growing grass])
(English common name) zebra grass, eulalia
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia
Habitat Field
Chromosomal number 2n=28, 38, 40
Description Leaves 50-80cm long, 7-20mm wide. Culms many 100-200cm tall. Flowers spikelets 5-7mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
Delignification of cellulosic raw materials using acetic acid, nitric acid and ozone (US Patent 5385641/1995)
Cultivation substrate and method of preparing the same (US Patent 5900038/1999)
Wood pulping with acetic acid with the addition of formic acid (US Patent 6139683/2000)
Sustained totipotent culture of selected monocot genera (US Patent 6821782/2004)
Process for recovering organic acids from bleaching liquors (US Patent 6923888/2005)



August 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
August 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
August 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



August 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
August 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



October 2006
at mountane field
October 2006
at mountane field
October 2006
at mountane field