Cephalostachyum
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| Cephalostachyum | |
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| Cephalostachyum pergracile | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Supertribe: | Bambusodae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Melocanninae |
| Genus: | Cephalostachyum Munro |
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Cephalostachyum is a genus of small to medium-sized bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae). It comprises about 8 genera, found from the northeastern Himalaya to Thailand and Mindoro. Its habitats are mountain to lowland forests.
[edit] Taxonomy
Species in this genus include:
- Cephalostachyum burmanicum - Burma bamboo shrub
- Cephalostachyum capitatum - hollow bamboo, bamboo shrub, tufted bamboo
- Cephalostachyum chevalierii
- Cephalostachyum langbianense
- Cephalostachyum latifolium - large-leaved bamboo shrub, large-leaved hollow bamboo
- Cephalostachyum mindorensis - Philippines scrambling bamboo
- Cephalostachyum pergracile - Burmese bamboo, thin hollow bamboo, thin-headed hollow bamboo, Tinwa bamboo
- Cephalostachyum perrieri
- Cephalostachyum scandens
- Cephalostachyum viguieri
- Cephalostachyum virgatum - Burmese bamboo
The following are excluded from this genus:
- Cephalostachyum griffithii (Munro) Kurz., replaced by Teinostachyum griffithii Munro
- Cephalostachyum malayaense Ridley, replaced by Dendrocalamus pendulus Ridley
