Taxonomy_of_the_bambuseae

The tribe Bambuseae comprises around 1,000 species, distributed into numerous tribes, subtribes and about 91 genera:

Dendrocalamus spp.

Contents 1 Subtribe Arthrostylidiinae 2 Subtribe Arundinariinae 3 Subtribe Bambusinae 4 Subtribe Chusqueinae 5 Subtribe Guaduinae 6 Subtribe Melocanninae 7 Subtribe Nastinae 8 Subtribe Racemobambodinae 9 Subtribe Shibataeinae

Subtribe Arthrostylidiinae

It comprises 12 genera:

• Actinocladum
• Alvimia
• Arthrostylidium
• Athroostachys
• Atractantha
• Aulonemia (Matudacalamus)
• Colanthelia
• Elytrostachys
• Glaziophyton
• Merostachys
• Myriocladus
• Rhipidocladum

Subtribe Arundinariinae

It comprises 17 genera:

• Acidosasa
• Ampelocalamus
• Arundinaria
• Borinda
• Chimonocalamus (Sinarundinaria)
• Drepanostachyum
• Fargesia
• Ferrocalamus
• Gaoligongshania
• Gelidocalamus
• Himalayacalamus
• Indocalamus
• Oligostachyum
• Pseudosasa
• Sasa
• Thamnocalamus
• Yushania

Subtribe Bambusinae

It comprises 10 genera:

• Bambusa (Dendrocalamopsis)
• Bonia (Monocladus)
• Dendrocalamus (Klemachloa, Oreobambos, Oxynanthera, Sinocalamus)
• Gigantochloa
• Dinochloa
• Holttumochloa
• Kinabaluchloa (Maclurochloa, Soejatmia)
• Melocalamus
• Sphaerobambos
• Thyrsostachys

Subtribe Chusqueinae

It comprises 2 genera:

• Chusquea (Dendragrostis, Rettbergia)
• Neurolepis (Planotia)

Subtribe Guaduinae

It comprises 5 recognized genera:

• Apoclada
• Eremocaulon (Criciuma)
• Guadua
• Olmeca
• Otatea

Subtribe Melocanninae

It comprises 9 genera:

• Cephalostachyum
• Davidsea
• Leptocanna
• Melocanna (Beesha)
• Neohouzeaua
• Ochlandra
• Pseudostachyum
• Schizostachyum
• Teinostachyum

Subtribe Nastinae

It comprises 6 genera:

• Decaryochloa
• Greslania
• Hickelia
• Hitchcockella
• Nastus
• Perrierbambus

Subtribe Racemobambodinae

It comprises 1 genus:

• Racemobambos (Neomicrocalamus, Vietnamosasa)

Subtribe Shibataeinae

It comprises 9 genera:

• Brachystachyum
• Chimonobambusa
• Indosasa
• Phyllostachys
• Qiongzhuea
• Semiarundinaria
• Shibataea
• Sinobambusa
• Temburongia (incertae sedis)

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