Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
giant cane	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arundinaria bambusina (Fisch.) Trin. Fund. Agrost.: 97 (1820).
Arundinaria gigantea subsp. macrosperma (Michx.) McClure Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 9: 28 (1973).
Arundinaria macrosperma Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 74 (1803).
Arundinaria macrosperma var. arborescens Munro Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 15 (1868).
Arundo gigantea Walter Fl. Carol.: 81 (1788).
Bambusa hermannii E.G.Camus Bambusées: 36 (1913), pro syn.
Ludolfia macrosperma (Michx.) Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 320 (1808).
Miegia arundinacea Torr. ex Munro Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 15 (1868), pro syn.
Miegia arundinaria Raf. W. Rev. & Misc. Mag. 1: 93 (1819), nom. nud.
Miegia gigantea (Walter) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 39 (1818).
Miegia macrosperma (Michx.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 102 (1805).
Nastus macrospermus (Michx.) Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 442 (1825).
Triglossum bambusinum Fisch. Cat. Jard. Gorenki, ed. 2: vi (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. subsp. gigantea	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Walt. ex Muhl.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhlenb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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