Thin-walled bamboo

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Thin-walled bamboo

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Supertribe:	Bambusodae
Tribe:	Bambuseae
Subtribe:	Melocanninae
Genus:	Pseudostachyum Thwaites
Species:	P. polymorphum

Binomial name

Pseudostachyum polymorphum
Munro

Synonyms

Schizostachyum polymorphum (Gamble) R.B.Majumdar

The thin-walled bamboo (Pseudostachyum polymorphum) is a species of bamboo and the sole species of the genus Pseudostachyum. The plant is found in Myanmar and India.

[edit] Taxonomy

The following species have been excluded from this genus:

Pseudostachyum compactiflorum Kurz, replaced by Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth.
Pseudostachyum glomeriflorum Kurz, replaced by Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth.