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Arundo donax

Arundo donax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Arundo
Species:
A. donax
Binomial name
Arundo donax
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Aira bengalensis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.
    • Arundo aegyptia Delile
    • Arundo aegyptiaca E.Vilm.
    • Arundo bambusifolia Hook.f.
    • Arundo bengalensis Retz.
    • Arundo bifaria Retz.
    • Arundo coleotricha (Hack.) Honda
    • Arundo donax var. angustifolia Döll
    • Arundo donax var. lanceolata Döll
    • Arundo donax var. versicolor (Mill.) Stokes
    • Arundo donax f. versicolor (Mill.) Beetle
    • Arundo glauca Bubani
    • Arundo latifolia Salisb.
    • Arundo sativa Lam.
    • Arundo scriptoria L.
    • Arundo triflora Roxb.
    • Arundo versicolor Mill.
    • Cynodon donax (L.) Raspail
    • Donax arundinaceus P.Beauv.
    • Donax bengalensis (Retz.) P.Beauv.
    • Donax donax (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
    • Donax sativus C.Presl
    • Donax versicolor (Mill.) P.Beauv.
    • Scolochloa arundinacea (P.Beauv.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
    • Scolochloa donax (L.) Gaudin

Arundo donax is a tall perennial cane. It is one of several so-called reed species. It has several common names including giant cane, elephant grass, carrizo, arundo, Spanish cane, Colorado river reed, wild cane, and giant reed. Arundo and donax are respectively the old Latin and Greek names for reed.[3]

Arundo donax grows in damp soils, either fresh or moderately saline, and is native to the Greater Middle East.[4][5] It has been widely planted and naturalised in the mild temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of both hemispheres, especially in the Mediterranean, California, the western Pacific and the Caribbean and is considered invasive in North America and Oceania.[6][4][5][7][8] It forms dense stands on disturbed sites, sand dunes, in wetlands and riparian habitats.

Arundo donax
  1. ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2013). "Arundo donax". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 208. IUCN. e.T164340A1043245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T164340A1043245.en.
  2. ^ "Arundo donax L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ Gledhill D. 1985. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-5213-6675-5
  4. ^ a b CABI, 2020. Arundo donax (giant reed). In: Invasive Species Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/1940
  5. ^ a b Global Invasive Species Database (2020) Species profile: Arundo donax. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=112 on 12-01-2020.
  6. ^ Perdue, R.E. Arundo donax—Source of musical reeds and industrial cellulose. Econ Bot 12, 368–404 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860024
  7. ^ "Catalogue of Life 2008".
  8. ^ Lambert, A.M., Dudley, T.L. and Saltonstall, K., 2010. Ecology and impacts of the large-statured invasive grasses Arundo donax and Phragmites australis in North America. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 3(4), pp. 489–494.

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