What is "miscanthus"

n. Any of several perennial grasses, of genus ''Miscanthus'', native to subtropical and tropical regions of Africa and southern Asia, which is cultivated as an ornamental plant and is being used as a source of biomass for the production of biofuel.

Miscanthus, silvergrass, is a genus of African, Eurasian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.

1. Miscanthus changii Y.N.Lee - Korea
2. Miscanthus depauperatus Merr. - Philippines
3. Miscanthus ecklonii (Nees) Mabb. - southern Africa
4. Miscanthus floridulus - China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands
5. Miscanthus fuscus (Roxb.) Benth . - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Pen Malaysia
6. Miscanthus junceus - southern Africa
7. Miscanthus lutarioriparius L.Liu ex S.L.Chen & Renvoize - Hubei, Hunan
8. Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack. - Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Pen Malaysia
9. Miscanthus nudipes (Griseb.) Hack. - Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, Yunnan
10. Miscanthus × ogiformis Honda - Korea, Japan
11. Miscanthus oligostachyus Stapf. - Korea, Japan
12. Miscanthus paniculatus (B.S.Sun) S.L.Chen & Renvoize - Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
13. Miscanthus sacchariflorus - Korea, Japan, northeastern China, Russian Far East
14. Miscanthus sinensis - Korea, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Russian Far East; naturalized in New Zealand, North + South America
15. Miscanthus tinctorius (Steud.) Hack. - Japan
16. Miscanthus villosus Y.C.Liu & H.Peng - Yunnan
17. Miscanthus violaceus (K.Schum.) Pilg. - tropical Africa

see Chloris Pseudopogonatherum Saccharum Spodiopogon

• Miscanthus affinis - Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve
• Miscanthus cotulifer - Spodiopogon cotulifer
• Miscanthus polydactylos - Chloris elata
• Miscanthus rufipilus - Saccharum rufipilum
• Miscanthus tanakae - Pseudopogonatherum speciosum