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, ...
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tribe
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family
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Nine genera were accepted by Soreng et al.:
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Cephalostachyum
''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.
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Davidsea
''Davidsea attenuata'' is a Sri Lankan species of bamboo in the grass family.Melocanna
''Melocanna'' is a genus of Asian clumping bamboo in the grass family.
The 48-year cycle of '' M. baccifera'' in northeastern India is responsible for the phenomenon called "''mautam''" or " bamboo death", in which large populations of bamboo f ...
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Neohouzeaua
''Neohouzeaua'' is a genus of Asian bamboo within the Poaceae, grass family).Ochlandra
''Ochlandra'' is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).
The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.
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