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Nastus
Nastus borbonicus
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Nastus

Type species
Nastus borbonicus
Synonyms[1]

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Réunion).[4]

Species[1][5]
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formerly included[1]

see Arundinaria, Bambusa, Cathariostachys, Cenchrus, Chusquea, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Guadua, Melocanna, and Thamnocalamus

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 34 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Nastus Juss.
  4. ^ Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world: annotated nomenclature and literature of the species and the higher and lower taxa. Bamboos World 1–585
  5. ^ The Plant List