Gynerium

Gynerium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: PACMAD clade
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Gynerieae
Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark (2001)
Genus: Gynerium
Willd. ex P. Beauv. 1812 not Bonpl. 1813[1]
Species:
G. sagittatum
Binomial name
Gynerium sagittatum
Synonyms[2]
  • Saccharum sagittatum Aubl.
  • Arundo sagittata (Aubl.) Pers.
  • Arundo rugii Molina
  • Gynerium procerum P.Beauv.
  • Gynerium saccharoides Humb. & Bonpl.
  • Arundo saccharoides (Humb. & Bonpl.) Poir.
  • Cynodon gynerium Raspail
  • Gynerium parviflorum Nees
  • Arundo fastuosa Willd. ex Steud.
  • Aira gigantea Steud.
  • Gynerium levyi E.Fourn.

Gynerium is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[3][4] It is classified in its own tribe Gynerieae.[5]

The sole species in the genus is Gynerium sagittatum, a tall grass that grows up to six metres (twenty feet) high. It is a very vigorous species that grows into a considerably dense mass of vegetation. The species is known as "cana-do-rio", "cana-flecha", "cana-frecha", "ubá" and "cana-brava" in Brazil, "caña brava" in Peru and Colombia, "chuchío" in eastern Bolivia, and "tañil" in Guatemala and other Spanish speaking countries. It is known in English as "wildcane"[6] or "wild cane", while "arrow cane" is less common (sagitta is Latin for arrow).

  1. ^ Tropicos, search for Gynerium
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von ex Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 138-139 description in Latin, commentary in French
  4. ^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von ex Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XXIV (24), figure VI (6 a-d) line drawings of Gynerium sagittatum; figure captions on caption page 16
  5. ^ Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. hdl:11336/25248. ISSN 1674-4918. S2CID 84052108. Open access icon
  6. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Gynerium sagittatum​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 May 2015.