In this study, 36 samples of Miscanthus spp. including four species (M.sinensis, M.floridulus, M.sacchariflorus, M.lutarioriparius) from East China region were used to study the genetic diversity of the phenotypic characters of Miscanthus spp. during their overlapping region. Their 8 phenotypes were subject to multivariate variance analysis, correlation analysis, clustering analysis. The results showed the interspecific difference trend in the studied phenotypes of Miscanthus spp. decreases as the following order, tiller number, basal diameter,...