甘蔗屬 是一類禾本科 的单子叶植物 ，本屬包括了在全球種植的重要經濟作物 之數種甘蔗 ，是制造蔗糖 及提煉乙醇 的原料，並是重要生質能源 產源，及觀賞用的沙生蔗茅 (Saccharum ravennae)。本屬植物廣泛分布於世界各地，但數種廣泛栽培於全球的甘蔗在部分國家歸化，生長至農地之外的地方成為當地的本土種。
平均地區產量 (kg/英畝)
本属属于黍亚科 鬚芒草總族 鬚芒草族 甘蔗亚族 。[ 1] [ 2]
本属已确认的物种至少有36个，如下[ 3]
Saccharum alopecuroides (L. ) Nutt. Saccharum angustifolium (Nees ) Trin. 斑茅 Saccharum arundinaceum Retz. Saccharum asperum (Nees) Steud. Saccharum beccarii (Stapf ) Cope 孟加拉甘蔗 Saccharum bengalense Retz. Saccharum brevibarbe (Michx. ) Pers. Saccharum coarctatum (Fernald ) R.D.Webster Saccharum contortum (Elliott ) Nutt. Saccharum fallax Balansa Saccharum filifolium Steud. 台蔗茅 Saccharum formosanum (Stapf) Ohwi Saccharum giganteum (Walter ) Pers. Saccharum griffithii Munro ex Aitch. Saccharum hildebrandtii (Hack. ) Clayton Saccharum kajkaiense (Melderis ) Melderis Saccharum kanashiroi (Ohwi ) Ohwi Saccharum longisetosum (Andersson ) V.Naray. ex Bor Saccharum macrantherum (Pilg. ) S.Ahmad & R.R.Stewart Saccharum maximum (Brongn. ) Trin. Saccharum narenga (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. 秀貴甘蔗 Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum perrieri (A.Camus ) Clayton 狭叶斑茅 Saccharum procerum Roxb. 沙生蔗茅 Saccharum ravennae (L.) L. 新畿内亚野生蔗 Saccharum robustum E.W.Brandes & Jeswiet ex Grassl Saccharum rufipilum Steud. Saccharum sikkimense (Hook.f. ) V.Naray. ex Bor 中國竹蔗 Saccharum sinense Roxb. 割手密 (或稱 甜根子草 ) Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum stewartii Rajesw. , R.R.Rao & Arti Garg Saccharum strictum (Host ) Spreng. Saccharum viguieri (A.Camus) Clayton Saccharum villosum Steud. Saccharum wardii (Bor) Bor ex Cope Saccharum williamsii (Bor) Bor ex Cope
Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Davidse, G., Zulonga, F.O., Judziewicz, T.S., Filgueiras, T.S., Davis, J.I. & Morrone, O. 2015. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution doi :10.1111/jse.12150 Fulltext PDF . Soreng,R.J., Davidse, G., Peterson, P.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Judziewicz, E.J., Filgueiras, T.S., O. Morrone, O. & Komaschenko, K. (2012) World-wide Phylogenetic Classification of Poaceae (Gramineae). Available on line Poaceae . Accessed 6 Sept. 2013. 
