Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Arundo L.
GIANT REED
Classification
POALES
Arundo
Citation
ARUNDO Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 81. 1753.
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TYPE: Arundo donax Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton, Fl. Bermuda 29. 1918.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Arundo donax GIANT REED Not Native FAC (NWPL) FAC (DEP)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Amphidonax Amphidonax Roxburgh ex Nees von Esenbeck, in Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2. 449. 1836. TYPE: Amphidonax benghalensis (Retzius) Roxburgh ex Nees von Esenbeck (Arundo benghalensis Retzius)
Donacium Donacium Fries, Bot. Not. 1843: 132. 1843. TYPE: = Donax Palisot de Beauvois 1812; = Arundo Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification. Proposed as a substitute name for Donax Palisot de Beauvois 1812.
Donax Donax Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 77, 161, pl. 15(11), 16(4-5), 19(1). 1812, non Loureiro 1790. TYPE: Donax arundinaceus Palisot de Beauvois (Arundo donax Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Niles & Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 184. 1925. = Arundo Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Eudonax Eudonax Fries, Bot. Not. 1843: 132. 1843, nom. alt. for Donacium Fries 1843. TYPE: = Donax Palisot de Beauvois 1812; = Arundo Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Scolochloa Scolochloa Mertens & W. D. J. Koch, in Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3. 1(2): 374, 528. 1823, nom. rej. vs. Scolochloa Link 1827. TYPE: Scolochloa arundinacea (Palisot de Beauvois) Mertens & W. D. J. Koch, nom. illegit. (Donax arundinaceus Palisot de Beauvois; Arundo donax Linnaeus) = Arundo Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.