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'''''Arundo''''' is a [[genus]] of two or three species of [[cane]]:  stout, perennial [[grass]]es from the family [[Poaceae]], native to the [[Mediterranean region]] east to [[India]], [[China]] and [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/arundo.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}</ref> They grow to 3–6&nbsp;m tall, occasionally to 10&nbsp;m, with leaves 30-60&nbsp;cm long and 3-6&nbsp;cm broad.
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Arundo (an ancient Latin name for A. Donax). Gramineae. Reed. Tall reed-like grasses with broad flat blades and large plume- like terminal panicles: spike- lets 3-4-fld.; glumes narrow, acute; rachilla naked; lemmas long-pilose.—Species about 6, in the warmer regions of the Old World.
 
Arundo (an ancient Latin name for A. Donax). Gramineae. Reed. Tall reed-like grasses with broad flat blades and large plume- like terminal panicles: spike- lets 3-4-fld.; glumes narrow, acute; rachilla naked; lemmas long-pilose.—Species about 6, in the warmer regions of the Old World.
 
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==Species==
 
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*''[[Arundo donax]]'' – Giant Cane, Spanish Cane (south and east Mediterranean, to India; [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] in many additional areas)
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*''[[Arundo formosana]]''
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*''[[Arundo pliniana]]'' – Pliny's Reed (Mediterranean Europe)
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