Cephalostachyum
Encyclopedia
Cephalostachyum is a genus
of small to medium-sized bamboo
(tribe
Bambuseae of the family
Poaceae
). It comprises about 8 genera, found from the northeastern Himalaya to Thailand
and Mindoro
. Its habitats
are mountain to lowland forest
s.
The following are excluded from this genus:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small to medium-sized bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
(tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
Bambuseae of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
). It comprises about 8 genera, found from the northeastern Himalaya to Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and Mindoro
Mindoro
Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located off the coast of Luzon, and northeast of Palawan. The southern coast of Mindoro forms the northeastern extremum of the Sulu Sea.-History:...
. Its habitats
Habitat (ecology)
A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant or other type of organism...
are mountain to lowland forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s.
Taxonomy
Species in this genus include:- Cephalostachyum burmanicum - Burma bamboo shrub
- Cephalostachyum capitatum - hollow bamboo, bamboo shrub, tufted bamboo
- Cephalostachyum chevalierii
- Cephalostachyum langbianense
- Cephalostachyum latifolium - large-leaved bamboo shrub, large-leaved hollow bamboo
- Cephalostachyum mindorensis - Philippines scrambling bamboo
- Cephalostachyum pergracile - Burmese bamboo, thin hollow bamboo, thin-headed hollow bamboo, Tinwa bamboo
- Cephalostachyum perrieri
- Cephalostachyum scandens
- Cephalostachyum viguieriCephalostachyum viguieriCephalostachyum viguieri is a plant in the grass family in the subfamily Bambusoideae . It is native to Madagascar, where it was collected by René Viguier for whom it was named.-Selected reading:...
- Cephalostachyum virgatum - Burmese bamboo
The following are excluded from this genus:
- Cephalostachyum griffithii (MunroMunroA Munro is a mountain in Scotland with a height over . They are named after Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet , who produced the first list of such hills, known as Munros Tables, in 1891. A Munro top is a summit over 3,000 ft which is not regarded as a separate mountain...
) Kurz., replaced by Teinostachyum griffithii MunroMunroA Munro is a mountain in Scotland with a height over . They are named after Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet , who produced the first list of such hills, known as Munros Tables, in 1891. A Munro top is a summit over 3,000 ft which is not regarded as a separate mountain... - Cephalostachyum malayaense Ridley, replaced by Dendrocalamus pendulus Ridley