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''Sirochloa'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomencla ...
of
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 family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, but ...
in the
grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
.Dransfield, S. 2002. ''Sirochloa'', a new bamboo genus from Madagascar (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). Kew Bulletin 57(4): 963–970.
/ref>Tropicos, ''Sirochloa parvifolia'' (Munro) S. Dransf.
/ref> ;Species There is only one known species, ''Sirochloa parvifolia'', found in
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
and in nearby Comoros and
Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is ...
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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15963796, from2=Q15528455 Bambusoideae Flora of the Western Indian Ocean Bambusoideae genera Monotypic Poaceae genera