Schizostachyum | |
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ʻOhe (Scizostachyum glaucifolium) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
Supertribe: | Bambusodae |
Tribe: | Bambuseae |
Subtribe: | Melocanninae |
Genus: | Schizostachyum Nees |
Species | |
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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.
The following species have been excluded from this genus:
Some also include the genus Leptocanna in this genus.