Table 1.
Current sugarcane classification
| Order: | Poales |
|---|---|
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Sub-family: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Sub Tribe: | Saccharinae |
| Genus: | Saccharum |
| Species: | Saccharum officinarum; Saccharum spontaneum; Saccharum sinense; Saccharum barberi; Saccharum robustum; Saccharum edule (Old World). Saccharum villosum; Saccharum asperum (New World) and others. |