Schizostachyum

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Schizostachyum

ʻOhe (Schizostachyum 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
Schizostachyum aciculare Schizostachyum glaucifolium Schizostachyum hantu Schizostachyum jaculans Schizostachyum lima Schizostachyum pilosum Schizostachyum zollingeri etc.

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.

Taxonomy

The following species have been excluded from this genus:

Schizostachyum copelandi F.Muell. & Hack., replaced by Sinocalamus copelandi (Gamble ex Brandis) Raizada
Schizostachyum dullooa (Gamble) Majumdar, replaced by Neohouzeaua dullooa (Gamble) A.Camus
Schizostachyum griffithii (Munro) R.B.Majumdar, replaced by Teinostachyum griffithii Munro
Schizostachyum helferi (Munro) R.B.Majumdar, replaced by Neohouzeaua helferi (Munro) Gamble
Schizostachyum pergracile (Munro) Majumdar, replaced by Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro
Schizostachyum polymorphum (Munro) Majumdar, replaced by Pseudostachyum polymorphum Munro
Schizostachyum serpentinum Kurz , replaced by Gigantochloa nigrociliata (Büse) Kurz
Schizostachyum subcordatum Ridley, replaced by Dendrocalamus pendulus Ridley

Some also include the genus Leptocanna in this genus.

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