Taxon: Saccharum rufipilum Steud.

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative; potential for cold tolerance, disease resistance in sugarcane   (fide Pl Sci 165:186. 2003, based on phylogenetic affinities with S. arundinaceus; Crop Sci 49:865. 2009, as potential gene source)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India - Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; Nepal; Pakistan [n.]
  Indo-China: Myanmar

References:

• Babu, C. R. 1977. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun. (HF Dehra Dun) [= Erianthus rufipilus (Steud.) Griseb.].
• Besse, P. et al. 1996. Ribosomal DNA variations in Erianthus, a wild sugarcane relative (Andropogoneae-Saccharinae). Theor. Appl. Genet. 92:733–743. [this study included a USDA accession (PI 238215) of this taxon (as Erianthus rufipilus) & as from the New World, showing rDNA similar to S. ravennae, both taxa 2n=20].
• Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. (Grass BCIP)
• Cordeiro, G. M. et al. 2003. Sugarcane microsatellites for the assessment of genetic diversity in sugarcane germplasm. Pl. Sci. (Elsevier) 165:181–189. [this study using two accessions, one a USDA clone (PI 238215), for this taxon (as Erianthus rufipilus found that the SSR marker placed this species in a group of Old & New World Erianthus, while 5S rRNA supported Old World].
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal) [= Erianthus rufipilus (Steud.) Griseb.].
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India. (Grass NE India)
• Wang, X.-H. et al. 2009. Molecular identification of Saccharum spp. × Erianthus fulvus hybrids using sequence-characterized amplified region markers. Crop Sci. (Madison) 49:864–870. [using four RAPD markers this study verified 58 true hybrids of this taxon (as Erianthus fulvus) as a male parent with sugarcane cultivars & S. officinarum].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Erianthus fulvus Nees ex Hack.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (≡) Erianthus rufipilus (Steud.) Griseb.
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• (≡) Miscanthus rufipilus (Steud.) Grassl
  

Check other databases for Saccharum rufipilum Steud.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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