100. Saccharum japonicum Houtt.,

Nat. Hist. II(13): Aanwyz. Plaat. [1], 146, tab. 89, fig. 1. 1782.

≡ Miscanthus japonicus (Houtt.) Andersson in Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166. 1855.

Lectotypus (designated here by Veldkamp): JAPAN: Thunberg s.n. (G-PREL [G00818080]!; isolecto-: UPS- THUNB n° 1739 image seen; LE [Herb. Trinius 24.1] image seen).

Notes. – A specimen of original material is in the Japan herbarium in G-PREL annotated as “ Saccharum aristatum vel biflorum”. A duplicate in the Thunberg herbarium (UPS- THUNB n° 1739) is annotated as S. japonicum . This was originally identified by THUNBERG (1794c: 329) as S. polydactylon L. The duplicate in LE was used by TRINIUS (1820: 169) for his combination Ripidium japonicum (Houtt.) Trin.

MERRILL (1938: 320) corrected the basionym author of Miscanthus japonicus from Thunberg to Houttuyn as Thunberg’s name is a later isonym.