The botanical legacy of Martinus Houttuyn (1720 - 1798) in Geneva Author Wijnands, Dirk Onno Author Heniger, Johannes Author Veldkamp, Jan Frederik Author Fumeaux, Nicolas Author Callmander, Martin W. text Candollea 2017 2017-05-12 72 1 155 198 journal article 20627 10.15553/c2017v721a11 ae864518-b1d7-49da-85dc-905b1a4e6809 2235-3658 5721887 100. Saccharum japonicum Houtt., Nat. Hist. II(13): Aanwyz. Plaat. [1], 146, tab. 89, fig. 1. 1782. ≡ Miscanthus japonicus (Houtt.) Andersson in Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166. 1855 . Lectotypus (designated here by Veldkamp): JAPAN : Thunberg s.n. ( G-PREL [ G00818080 ]!; isolecto- : UPS- THUNB n° 1739 image seen; LE [Herb. Trinius 24.1] image seen). Notes . – A specimen of original material is in the Japan herbarium in G-PREL annotated as “ Saccharum aristatum vel biflorum”. A duplicate in the Thunberg herbarium (UPS- THUNB n° 1739) is annotated as S. japonicum . This was originally identified by THUNBERG (1794c: 329) as S. polydactylon L. The duplicate in LE was used by TRINIUS (1820: 169) for his combination Ripidium japonicum (Houtt.) Trin. MERRILL (1938: 320) corrected the basionym author of Miscanthus japonicus from Thunberg to Houttuyn as Thunberg’s name is a later isonym.