Nastus

Nastus
Nastus borbonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Nastinae
Genus: Nastus
Juss.
Species
  • Nastus elatus - New Guinea edible bamboo
  • Nastus obtusus
  • etc.

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboo. It has 7 species, mainly found in the tropical mountain forests of the Southern Hemisphere from Madagascar and Réunion to the Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

The genus includes: