Bambusoideae

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Bamboos
Bamboo forest in Kyoto, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Genera
See text.

The Bambusoideae is a subfamily of the true grass family Poaceae.

[edit] Subdivisions

It is divided into two groups: the Oryzodae and the Bambusodae. It has 13 tribes, as following:

• Oryzodae

  This group is also separated into subfamily Oryzaceae.

  • Tribe Anomochloeae

    This tribe is also separated to form subfamily Anomochlooideae. There is one genus: Anomochloa.

  • Tribe Diarrheneae

    There is one genus: Diarrhena.

  • Tribe Ehrharteae

    There are four genera: Ehrharta, Microlaena, Petriella, Tetrarrhena.

  • Tribe Olyreae

    There are 20 genera: Agnesia, Arberella, Buergersiochloa, Cryptochloa, Diandrolyra, Ekmanochloa, Froesiochloa, Lithachne (also placed in Oryzeae), Maclurolyra, Mniochloa, Olyra, Pariana, Parodiolyra, Piresia, Piresiella, Raddia, Raddiella, Rehia, Reitzia, Sucrea.

  • Tribe Oryzeae

    This tribe also forms subfamily Oryzoideae. It has 13 genera: Chikusichloa, Hydrochloa, Hygroryza, Leersia, Luziola, Maltebrunia, Oryza, Porteresia, Potamophila, Prosphytochloa, Rhynchoryza, Zizania, Zizaniopsis.

  • Tribe Phaenospermatae

    There is 1 genus in this tribe: Phaenosperma.

  • Tribe Phareae

    There are 4 genera: Leptaspis, Pharus, Scrotochloa, Suddia.

  • Tribe Phyllorhachideae

    This tribe has 2 genera: Humbertochloa, Phyllorhachis.

  • Tribe Streptochaeteae

    There is one genus: Streptochaeta.

  • Tribe Streptogyneae

    This tribe only has one genus: Streptogyna.

• Bambosodae
  • Tribe Bambuseae

    This tribe comprises woody bamboos (or hardy bamboos). There are 91 genera, distributed into several subtribes:

    • Subtribe Arthrostylidiinae

      Comprises 13 genera: Actinocladum, Alvimia, Apoclada, Arthrostylidium, Athroostachys, Atractantha, Aulonemia (Matudacalamus), Colanthelia, Elytrostachys, Glaziophyton, Merostachys, Myriocladus, Rhipidocladum.

    • Subtribe Arundinariinae

      Comprises 16 genera: Acidosasa, Ampelocalamus, Arundinaria, Borinda, Chimonocalamus, Drepanostachyum (Himalayacalamus), Fargesia, Ferrocalamus, Gaoligongshania, Gelidocalamus, Indocalamus, Oligostachyum, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Thamnocalamus, Yushania.

    • Subtribe Bambusinae

      Comprises 10 genera: Bambusa (Dendrocalamopsis), Bonia (Monocladus), Dendrocalamus (Klemachloa, Oreobambos, Oxynanthera or Sinocalamus), Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Holttumochloa, Kinabaluchloa (Maclurochloa, Soejatmia), Melocalamus, Sphaerobambos, Thyrsostachys.

    • Subtribe Chusqueinae

      Comprises 2 genera: Chusquea, Neurolepis.

    • Subtribe Guaduinae

      Comprises 5 genera: Criciuma, Eremocaulon, Guadua, Olmeca, Otatea.

    • Subtribe Melocanninae

      Comprises 9 genera: Cephalostachyum, Davidsea, Leptocanna, Melocanna, Neohouzeaua, Ochlandra, Pseudostachyum, Schizostachyum, Teinostachyum.

    • Subtribe Nastinae

      Comprises 6 genera: Decaryochloa, Greslania, Hickelia, Hitchcockella, Nastus, Perrierbambus.

    • Subtribe Racemobambodinae

      Comprises one genus: Racemobambos (Neomicrocalamus, Vietnamosasa)

    • Subtribe Shibataeinae

      Comprises 8 genera: Chimonobambusa, Indosasa, Phyllostachys, Qiongzhuea, Semiarundianria (Brachystachyum), Shibataea, Sinobambusa, Temburongia (incertae sedis).

  • Tribe Guaduelleae

    There is one genus: Guaduella.

  • Tribe Puelieae

    There is one genus: Puelia.