Saccharum (Sugar cane)

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Saccharum L.

Sugar cane

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Saccharum	From the Greek sakcharon, “sugar,” and other similar words in Malay and Sanskrit for “sugar or the juice made from sugar cane”

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Saccharum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

Sugar cane (Saccharum) · 5/17/1987 Species not yet identified

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