Taxon:  Saccharum spontaneum L. subsp. aegyptiacum (Willd.) Hack.



Summary
Genus:
Saccharum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Saccharinae
Nomen number:
32626
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 6:115.  1889
Verified:
10/06/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Saccharum spontaneum L. (290 active accession[s])
Saccharum spontaneum L. subsp. spontaneum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Saccharum aegyptiacum Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Saccharum biflorum Forssk.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
  2. Bonnett, G. D. & R. J. Henry. 2011. Chapter 10. Saccharum. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, industrial crops 165-177. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21102-7_10. Note: mentions
  3. Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
  4. Cordeiro, G. M. et al. 2003. Sugarcane microsatellites for the assessment of genetic diversity in sugarcane germplasm. Pl. Sci. (Elsevier) 165:187.
  5. Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. Note: = Saccharum biflorum
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  7. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  8. Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
  9. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  11. Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
  12. Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
  13. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: mentions
  14. Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  16. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
  17. Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. Note: = Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum
  18. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  19. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  20. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  21. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  22. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum
  23. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican fodder cane  1Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon n.Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItalySicilia Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Saccharum spontaneum L.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon (n.)
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel, Lebanon, Syria
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicilia]

Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
  2. Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  5. Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
  6. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  7. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  8. Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
  9. Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
  10. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
  11. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  12. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Saccharum spontaneum L.
  14. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  15. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum
  16. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=32626. Accessed 15 April 2026.