| Cephalostachyum | |
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| Cephalostachyum pergracile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Melocanninae |
| Genus: | Cephalostachyum Munro |
| Type species | |
| Cephalostachyum capitatum Munro | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptocanna L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung | |
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
- Cephalostachyum burmanicum - Myanmar
- Cephalostachyum capitatum - Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan
- Cephalostachyum chapelieri - Madagascar
- Cephalostachyum flavescens - Myanmar, Andaman Islands
- Cephalostachyum langbianense - Vietnam
- Cephalostachyum latifolium - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim
- Cephalostachyum mannii - Yunnan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan
- Cephalostachyum mindorense - Philippines
- Cephalostachyum pallidum - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Tibet
- Cephalostachyum pergracile - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Laos, Bhutan
- Cephalostachyum perrieri - Madagascar
- Cephalostachyum scandens - Yunnan, Myanmar
- Cephalostachyum viguieri - Madagascar
- Cephalostachyum virgatum - Yunnan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam
- formerly included
see Bambusa Cathariostachys Dendrocalamus Kinabaluchloa Schizostachyum
- Cephalostachyum chevalieri - Kinabaluchloa wrayi
- Cephalostachyum chinense - Schizostachyum chinense
- Cephalostachyum griffithii - Schizostachyum griffithii
- Cephalostachyum madagascariense - Cathariostachys madagascariensis
- Cephalostachyum malayense - Dendrocalamus pendulus
- Cephalostachyum peclardii - Cathariostachys capitata
- Cephalostachyum pingbianense - Schizostachyum pingbianense
- Cephalostachyum sanguineum - Schizostachyum sanguineum
- Cephalostachyum schizostachyoides - Bambusa schizostachyoides
- Museums
Chinese maps show a Cephalostachyum Museum in Beijing. However, this appears to be a mistranslation; the museum is actually dedicated to the diabolo, a kind of yo-yo made of bamboo.
See also
References
- lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 201 (1957)
- ^ Tropicos, Cephalostachyum Munro
- Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 138-141 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 54 空竹属 kong zhu shu Cephalostachyum Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 26: 138. 1868.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- The Plant List search for Cephalostachyum
- Beijing's Diabolical Cephalostachyum Museum.
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| Cephalostachyum |
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