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
Type species
Cephalostachyum capitatum[1][2]
Munro

Cephalostachyum is a genus of Asian and Madagascan bamboo in the grass family).[3][2]

The plants are of small to medium size compared to most other bamboo. Their choice habitats are mountain to lowland forests.[4]

Species[5][6]
  1. Cephalostachyum burmanicum - Myanmar
  2. Cephalostachyum capitatum - Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan
  3. Cephalostachyum chapelieri - Madagascar
  4. Cephalostachyum flavescens - Myanmar, Andaman Islands
  5. Cephalostachyum langbianense - Vietnam
  6. Cephalostachyum latifolium - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim
  7. Cephalostachyum mannii - Yunnan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan
  8. Cephalostachyum mindorense - Philippines
  9. Cephalostachyum pallidum - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Tibet
  10. Cephalostachyum pergracile - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Laos, Bhutan
  11. Cephalostachyum perrieri - Madagascar
  12. Cephalostachyum scandens - Yunnan, Myanmar
  13. Cephalostachyum viguieri - Madagascar
  14. Cephalostachyum virgatum - Yunnan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam
formerly included[5]

see Bambusa Cathariostachys Dendrocalamus Kinabaluchloa Schizostachyum

  • Cephalostachyum chevalieri - Kinabaluchloa wrayi
  • Cephalostachyum chinense - Schizostachyum chinense
  • Cephalostachyum griffithii - Schizostachyum griffithii
  • Cephalostachyum madagascariense - Cathariostachys madagascariensis
  • Cephalostachyum malayense - Dendrocalamus pendulus
  • Cephalostachyum peclardii - Cathariostachys capitata
  • Cephalostachyum pingbianense - Schizostachyum pingbianense
  • Cephalostachyum sanguineum - Schizostachyum sanguineum
  • Cephalostachyum schizostachyoides - Bambusa schizostachyoides

References

See also