- Melocanna
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Melocanna Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Bambusoideae Supertribe: Bambusodae Tribe: Bambuseae Subtribe: Melocanninae Genus: Melocanna
Trin.Species - Melocanna arundina
- Melocanna baccifera - pear bamboo, berry bamboo, muli, muli bamboo, terai bamboo
- etc.
Melocanna is a genus of tropical clumping bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae). It comprises 3 species, found in East Asia. The genus is similar to Bambusa. The 48-year cycle of M. baccifera in northeastern India is responsible for the mautam phenomenon of bamboo flowering, followed by a plague of rats and famine.
Taxonomy
This genus includes Beesha (Kunth). Species that were previously classified within this genus and are now excluded include:
- Melocanna humilis (Roepert ex Trinius), replaced by Bambusa humilis (Reichenbach ex Steudel)
- Melocanna virgata (Munro), replaced by Cephalostachyum virgatum (Munro Kurz)
- Melocanna zollingeri (Steudel) var. longispiculata (Kurz ex Munro), replaced by Schizostachyum blumei (Nees)
See also
- Leptocanna
- Schizostachyum
Categories:- Bamboo genera
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