Cephalostachyum

Cephalostachyum

Cephalostachyum pergracile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Supertribe:	Bambusodae
Tribe:	Bambuseae
Subtribe:	Melocanninae
Genus:	Cephalostachyum Munro
Species
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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.

Taxonomy

Species in this genus include:

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 perrieri
Cephalostachyum scandens
Cephalostachyum viguieri
Cephalostachyum virgatum - Burmese bamboo

The following are excluded from this genus:

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