Arundo donax L. f. versicolor (Mill.) Stokes (Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 160. 1812.)
Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (invasive), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[], ], North America (exotic), Mexico (exotic), Central America (exotic), South America (exotic), Old World (Asia),
Common Names: Caña de castilla (Cuba), Caña de castilla (Dominican Republic), Caña de castilla (Puerto Rico), Caña de río (Cuba), Caña hueca (Cuba), Cañita de la india (Cuba), Canne de Provence (Haiti), Carrizo (Bahamas), Giant reed (Bahamas), Giant reed (Jamaica), Guajana (Puerto Rico), Herbe roseau (Haiti), Roseau (Haiti), Z'herbe roseau (Haiti),
Synonyms: Arundo versicolor Mill. (Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.),
Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i-ii], 1-259. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 6). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 7). Zuloaga, F.O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 1-662.
Last edited 17 Apr 14