Cephalostachyum

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Cephalostachyum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Cephalostachyum
Munro
Species
  • Cephalostachyum burmanicum - Burma bamboo shrub
  • Cephalostachyum capitatum - hollow bamboo, bamboo shrub, tufted bamboo
  • Cephalostachyum chevalierii
  • Cephalostachyum langbianense
  • Cephalostachyum latifolium - large-leaved bamboo shrub, large-leaved hollow bamboo
  • Cephalostachyum mindorensis - Philippines scrambling bamboo
  • Cephalostachyum pergracile - Burmese bamboo, thin hollow bamboo, thin-headed hollow bamboo, Tinwa bamboo
  • Cephalostachyum virgatum - Burmese bamboo

Cephalostachyum is a genus of small to medium-sized bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae). It comprises about 8 genera, found from the northeastern Himalaya to Thailand and Mindoro. Its habitats are mountain to lowland forests.

[edit] Taxonomy

Are excluded from this genus:

  • Cephalostachyum griffithii (Munro) Kurz., replaced by Teinostachyum griffithii Munro
  • Cephalostachyum malayaense Ridley, replaced by Dendrocalamus pendulus Ridley
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