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Ochlandra
Ochlandra scriptoria
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Ochlandra

Type species
Ochlandra stridula
Moon ex Thwaites
Synonyms
  • Besha D.Dietr.
  • Beesha Munro 1868, illegitimate homonym not Kunth 1822

Ochlandra is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).[1][2][3]

The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.

Species[4]
2
formerly included

see Cathariostachys Nastus Schizostachyum Valiha

References

  1. ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 376 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. ^ Triopicos, Ochlandra Thwaites
  3. ^ Kumar, M. 1995. A re-investigation on the taxonomy of the genus Ochlandra Thw. (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). Rheedea 5(1): 63–89.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families