Saccharum robustum
| Saccharum robustum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Saccharum |
| Species: | S. robustum |
| Binomial name | |
| Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl | |
Saccharum robustum, the robust cane, is a species of plants found in New Guinea.
Ecology
Eumetopina flavipes, the island sugarcane planthopper, a species of planthopper present throughout South East Asia and is a vector for the Ramu stunt disease, a plant disease which affects sugarcane, occurs also on S. robustum.
The pink sugarcane borer (Sesamia grisescens), a moth of the Noctuidae family found in Papua New Guinea, Seram, the Moluccas and New Britain, also feeds on S. robustum.
Scirpophaga excerptalis, the white top borer or the sugarcane top borer, a moth in the Crambidae family, also feeds on S. robustum.
References
- Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Cambridge, MA 27:234. 1946
External links
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