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Cephalostachyum
Genus of grasses / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cephalostachyum is a genus of Asian and Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.[3][2]
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Cephalostachyum | |
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Cephalostachyum pergracile | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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[1][2] | |
Synonyms | |
Leptocanna L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung |
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The plants are of small to medium size compared to most other bamboo. Their choice habitats are mountain to lowland forests.[4]
- 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[5]
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.[7]