| Kans grass | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Saccharum |
| Species: | S. spontaneum
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| Binomial name | |
| Saccharum spontaneum | |
Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane,[1] kans grass) is a grass native throughout much of tropical and subtropical Asia, northern Australia, and eastern and northern Africa.[2] It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots.[3][4]
The plant has hybridized with Saccharum officinarum, a domesticated sugarcane. The hybridization has produced Saccharum barberi and Saccharum sinense.[5]
- ^ NRCS. "Saccharum spontaneum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Saccharum spontaneum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
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- ^ Paterson, Andrew H.; Moore, Paul H.; Tom L., Tew (2012). "The Gene Pool of Saccharum Species and Their Improvement". In Paterson, Andrew H. (ed.). Genomics of the Saccharinae. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 43–72. ISBN 9781441959478.