Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Andropogoneae > Genus Imperata

Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Imperata*	Cirillo	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lagurus cylindricus*	L.	basionym
*Saccharum cylindricum*	(L.) Lam.	homotypic synonym
*Imperata arundinacea*	Cirillo	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: sisca; xisca sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Hebrew: מִשְׁיָן גְּלִילָנִי sources: Danin, A.: Flora of Israel Online – http://flora.huji.ac.il

Spanish, Castillian: carrizo; cisca; cogón; cogón de Filipinas; marciega; marciega menor; masiega; sangonera; sisca; zulla sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Valencian: cisca; ciscla; gisca; sisca; xisca

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 10. 1797

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/594daf9f-c7db-46e4-8bc7-007f8dbc5df0