Bambusoideae

The Bambuseae are the most diverse tribe of bamboos in the grass family (Poaceae). They consist of woody species from tropical regions, including some giant bamboos. Their sister group are the small herbaceous bamboos from the tropics in tribe Olyreae, while the temperate woody bamboos (Arundinarieae) are more distantly related. The Bambuseae fall into two clades, corresponding to species from the Neotropics (subtribes Arthrostylidiinae, Chusqueinae, and Guaduinae) and from the Paleotropics (subtribes Bambusinae, Hickeliinae, Melocanninae, and Racemobambosinae).

Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in the case of Dendrocalamus sinicus having individual stalks (culms) reaching a length of , up to in diameter and a weight of up to . The internodes of bamboos can also be of great length. Kinabaluchloa wrayi has internodes up to in length, and Arthrostylidium schomburgkii has internodes up to in length, exceeded in length only by papyrus. By contrast, the stalks of the tiny bamboo Raddiella vane

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species of plant

Gigantochloa is a tropical Asian and Papuasian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family. It is found in southern China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and New Guinea.

Arundinaria is a genus of bamboo in the grass family, the members of which are referred to generally as cane. Arundinaria is the only bamboo native to North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florida and west to the southern Ohio Valley and Texas. Within this region Arundinaria cane is found from the Coastal Plain to medium elevations in the Appalachian Mountains.

thumb|x295px|Schizostachyum diffusum is a climbing bamboo that grows in clusters.

Pseudosasa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.

Acidosasa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.

Semiarundinaria is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.

Thamnocalamus is a genus of clumping bamboo in the grass family. These species are found from the Himalayas as well as Madagascar and Southern Africa.

Shibataea is a genus of Chinese bamboos in the grass family.

species of plant

Arundinarieae is a tribe of bamboo in the grass family (Poaceae) containing a single subtribe, Arundinariinae, and 31 genera. These woody bamboos occur in areas with warm temperate climates in southeastern North America, Subsaharan Africa, South Asia and East Asia. The tribe forms a lineage independent of the tropical woody bamboos (Bambuseae) and the tropical herbaceous bamboos (Olyreae).

Indocalamus is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae), native to central and southern China, Hainan, Vietnam, and Laos. They are quite small evergreen bamboos normally up to in height, initially forming clumps and then spreading to form larger thickets. They have thick, glossy leaves. Ruo leaves use to wrap foods like rice during dragon boat festival, originate in fujian refer to Indocalamus longiauritus originally but now are nonspecific to just about any leaf wrap.

Yushania is a genus of bamboo in the grass family.

Alvimia is a Brazilian genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is native to the eastern coastal regions of the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.

Pleioblastus is an East Asian genus of monopodial bamboos in the grass family Poaceae. They are native to China and Japan, and naturalized in scattered places in Korea, Europe, New Zealand, and the Western Hemisphere.

species of plant

species of plant

Ampelocalamus is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. It is found mostly in Southern China, with some species in the eastern Himalayas and northern Indochina.

Pariana is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. It is native to tropical Central and South America.

bamboo species

Otatea, called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.

Olyreae is a tribe of grasses in the bamboo subfamily (Bambusoideae). Unlike the other two bamboo tribes, Olyreae are herbaceous and do not have a woody stem. Their sister group are the tropical woody bamboos (Bambuseae).

species of plant

Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.

Racemobambos is a genus of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae within the family Poaceae). The genus is native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papuasia.

Thyrsostachys is a genus of Chinese and Indochinese bamboo in the grass family.

Dinochloa is a genus of tropical clumping high-climbing bamboos in the grass family.

Myriocladus is a South American genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is found in the sandstone tablelands of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and northern Brazil.

The Bambusinae are a subtribe of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae). It comprises 17 genera.

species of plant

species of plant

Ekmanochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family endemic to Cuba.

Agnesia is a genus of herbaceous South American bamboo in the grass family.

Ochlandra is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family). The flowers have up to 150 stamens in each flower.

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Hickelia is a genus of African bamboo in the grass family.

Vietnamosasa is a genus of Indochinese bamboo in the grass family.

Indosasa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family. The species are native to China and Indochina (Laos and Vietnam).

Merostachys is a Neotropical genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is found in South America and Central America from Belize to Paraguay.

Rhipidocladum is a genus of New World woody bamboo in the grass family. It is found in Mesoamerica, Trinidad, and South America. The genus is characterized by having erect, non-pseudopetiolate culm leaves, numerous branchlets arising in an aspidate (fan-like) array, and by having true caryopses as fruit. The name is derived from the Greek rhipid meaning "fanlike" and clad meaning "branch".

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Arberella is a genus of Neotropical bamboo in the grass family.

Sinobambusa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family. It is native to China and Vietnam. Sinobambusa tootsik also occurs in Japan, having been introduced there during the Tang dynasty (618–907).

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Oxytenanthera is a genus of African bamboo. Bamboos are members of the grass family Poaceae.

Cryptochloa is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Greslania is a genus of small perennial bamboos in the grass family, endemic to New Caledonia. Two species are accepted.

Melocanna is a genus of Asian clumping bamboo in the grass family.

Athroostachys is a Brazilian genus of bamboo in the grass family.

Parodiolyra is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.

Cephalostachyum is a genus of Asian and Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.

Melocalamus is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family. It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.

Diandrolyra is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family.

Sphaerobambos is a genus of Southeast Asian bamboo, in the grass family.

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family Poaceae. It includes 12 species native to Madagascar and Réunion.

Atractantha is a South American genus of bamboo in the grass family, native to Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Perrierbambus is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.