Saccharum officinarum L.

  • Filed As

    Poaceae
    Saccharum officinarum L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 959, Oct 1915

  • Location

    Philippines. Laguna. San Antonio, Luzon.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4292215

    Occurrence ID: 5445b8d9-b808-4f47-babc-a0e555a657b1

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SACCHARUM Linnaeus
SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM, Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 42; ed. 2
(1845) 29; ed,. 3,,	________
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco.
Sugar cane is very extensively cultivated in the Philippines,
is not a native of the Archipelago, but was unquestionably in- .
troduced into the Islands by the early Malayan invaders in the
prehistoric period.
Illustrative specimen from San Antonio, Laguna Proving.
Luzon, October, 1915, from cultivated pìants ; locai name tubò
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 959).
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