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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
MunroSpecies See text
Cephalostachyum is a genus of small to medium-sized bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae). It comprises about 8 genera, found from the northeastern Himalaya to Thailand and Mindoro. Its habitats are mountain to lowland forests.
Taxonomy
Species in this genus include:
- Cephalostachyum burmanicum - Burma bamboo shrub
- Cephalostachyum capitatum - hollow bamboo, bamboo shrub, tufted bamboo
- Cephalostachyum chevalierii
- Cephalostachyum langbianense
- Cephalostachyum latifolium - large-leaved bamboo shrub, large-leaved hollow bamboo
- Cephalostachyum mindorensis - Philippines scrambling bamboo
- Cephalostachyum pergracile - Burmese bamboo, thin hollow bamboo, thin-headed hollow bamboo, Tinwa bamboo
- Cephalostachyum perrieri
- Cephalostachyum scandens
- Cephalostachyum viguieri
- Cephalostachyum virgatum - Burmese bamboo
The following are excluded from this genus:
- Cephalostachyum griffithii (Munro) Kurz., replaced by Teinostachyum griffithii Munro
- Cephalostachyum malayaense Ridley, replaced by Dendrocalamus pendulus Ridley
See also
Categories:- Bamboo genera
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