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Gigantochloa
Sign in to saveGigantochloa 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is.
Observations recorded4,076
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 255
- With media
- 248
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- US, GH
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, United States, Chile, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, China, Thailand
Wikidata facts
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- genus
- taxon name
- Gigantochloa
- Commons category
- Gigantochloa
- topic's main category
- Category:Gigantochloa
- taxon common name
- 滇竹属
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Encyclopedic overview
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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. Species Formerly included see Bambusa Dendrocalamus Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera
==Gallery==
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