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Table 3.

Miscanthus taxa growing in the living collection at ADAS Arthur Rickwood or RBG Kew identified using AFLP and morphological data

ID Previous identity New identity based on AFLP data
8 M. sacchariflorus M. × giganteus
20 Miscanthus sp. M. sinensis
23 M. sacchariflorus M. × giganteus
26 M. sinensis ‘Giganteus’ M. × giganteus
60 Miscanthus sp. M. × giganteus
61 M. purpurascens M. sacchariflorus
64 M. chinensis M. sinensis
148 Miscanthus sp. ‘China’ M. sinensis ‘China’
150 Miscanthus sp. ‘Sarabande’ M. sinensis ‘Sarabande’
161 M. tinctorius ‘Nanus Variegatus’ M. oligostachyus ‘Nanus Variegatus’
180 M. sinensis ‘Giganteus’ M. × giganteus
194 M. × giganteus ‘Goliath’ M.sinensis ‘Goliath’

Note: some taxa were previously unnamed or misnamed.