Nastus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Nastinae
Genus: Nastus
Juss.
Species
  • Nastus elatus - New Guinea edible bamboo
  • Nastus obtusus
  • etc.

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboo. It has 7 species, mainly found in the tropical mountain forests of the Southern Hemisphere from Madagascar and Reunion to the Solomon Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

The genus includes:

  • Chloothamnus Büse
  • Oreiostachys Gamble
  • Stemmatospermum P.Beauv.
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