''Schizostachyum'' is a tall or shrub-like
tropical genus of
bamboo. They are natives mostly of tropical
Asia and
Papuasia, with a few species in
Madagascar and on certain islands in the
Pacific.
[Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 50 岭南竹属 si lao zhu shu ''Schizostachyum'' Nees in Martius et al.]
/ref> A few have become naturalized in other tropical regions.Soreng, R. J. 2000. ''Schizostachyum''. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39: 112
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Description
The genus name comes from Greek ("cleft") and ("spike"), referring to the spacing of spikelets.
These are clumping, sometimes climbing woody bamboos, with terete culm-internodes and short, thick (pachymorph), perennial rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
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Species
The following are included in Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
:[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Plants of the World Online: ''Schizostachyum'' Nees (retrieved 14 March 2021)]
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;formerly included[
see '' Bambusa Cephalostachyum ]Cyrtochloa
''Cyrtochloa'' is a genus of Philippine bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass fami ...
Dendrocalamus Dinochloa Eremocaulon Gigantochloa Nastus Neohouzeaua Pseudostachyum
''Pseudostachyum polymorphum'' is a monotypic Asian species of bamboo in the grass family.Pseudoxytenanthera
''Pseudoxytenanthera'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family native to India, Sri Lanka, and Indochina.
;Species
# '' Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii'' (Gamble) H.B.Naithani – India
# '' Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha'' (Thwaites) So ...
Sirochloa
''Sirochloa'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family.
;Species
There is only one known species, ''Sirochloa parvifolia'', found in Madagascar and in nearby Comoros and Mayotte
Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi ...
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Some also include the genus ''Leptocanna
''Cephalostachyum'' is a genus of Asian and Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.
The plants are of small to medium size compared to most other bamboo. Their choice habitats are mountain to lowland forests.
;Species
;formerly included
see '' ...
'' in this genus.
References
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Bambusoideae
Bambusoideae genera