Schizostachyum

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Schizostachyum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Schizostachyum
Nees
Species
  • Schizostachyum aciculare
  • Schizostachyum glaucifolium
  • Schizostachyum hantu
  • Schizostachyum jaculans
  • Schizostachyum lima
  • Schizostachyum pilosum
  • Schizostachyum zollingeri
  • etc.

Schizostachyum is a tall or shrub-like tropical genus of bamboo. The genus name comes from Greek schistos ("cleft") and stachys ("spike"), referring to the spacing of spikelets.

These are clumping, and sometimes climbing bamboos. The genus has about 35 species found in East Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

The following species have been excluded from this genus:

  • Schizostachyum copelandi F.Muell. & Hack., replaced by Sinocalamus copelandi (Gamble ex Brandis) Raizada
  • Schizostachyum dullooa (Gamble) Majumdar, replaced by Neohouzeaua dullooa (Gamble) A.Camus
  • Schizostachyum griffithii (Munro) R.B.Majumdar, replaced by Teinostachyum griffithii Munro
  • Schizostachyum helferi (Munro) R.B.Majumdar, replaced by Neohouzeaua helferi (Munro) Gamble
  • Schizostachyum pergracile (Munro) Majumdar, replaced by Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro
  • Schizostachyum polymorphum (Munro) Majumdar, replaced by Pseudostachyum polymorphum Munro
  • Schizostachyum serpentinum Kurz , replaced by Gigantochloa nigrociliata (Büse) Kurz
  • Schizostachyum subcordatum Ridley, replaced by Dendrocalamus pendulus Ridley

Some also include in this genus the genus Leptocanna.

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