莎勒竹 Schizostachyum diffusum 20210610164149 18

''Schizostachyum'' is a tall or shrub-like

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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, bu ...

. They are natives mostly of tropical

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and

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, with a few species 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 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

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Species

The following are included in

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/ref>Plants of the World Online: ''Schizostachyum'' Nees (retrieved 14 March 2021)
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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. ;Species ;formerly included see '' ...

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 ''Eremocaulon'' is a genus of Brazilian bamboo in the grass family. ;SpeciesLondoño, X. & L. G. Clark. 2002. A revision of the Brazilian bamboo genus ''Eremocaulon'' (Poaceae: Bambuseae: Guaduinae). Systematic Botany 27(4): 703–721. # ''Erem ...

Gigantochloa

Nastus ''Nastus'' is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Réunion). ;Species ;formerly included see ''Arundin ...

Neohouzeaua ''Neohouzeaua'' is a genus of Asian bamboo within the Poaceae, grass family).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 ...

'' Some also include the genus '' Leptocanna'' in this genus.

References

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2381323 Bambusoideae Bambusoideae genera