Brachystachyum

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Short-spiked bamboo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Shibataeinae
Genus: Brachystachyum
Keng
Species: B. densiflorum
Binomial name
Brachystachyum densiflorum
(Rendle) Keng

Brachystachyum densiflorum, short-spiked bamboo, short-tassled bamboo, short spikelet bamboo is a species of bamboos, of the monotypic genus Brachystachyum. The genus names was formed from Greek and means "short-spiked".

Taxonomy

The species has one variety, Brachystachyum densiflorum var. villosum, referred to as hairy-sheathed short-spiked bamboo in English. The species is sometimes included in Semiarundinaria.

References

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