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Oxytenanthera

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Also known as Holy Venda Bamboo

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
33
With media
26
Family
Poaceae
Collections
MO, BRIT, NHMUK, MNHN, GH, TAES
Recorded in
Vietnam, India, Cameroon, Cambodge, Sri Lanka

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Habitat
  • Taxonomy
  • Ecology
  • Uses
  • Conservation status
  • References
  • External links

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

The only recognised species in this genus is Oxytenanthera abyssinica. This species is found widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa. In tropical Africa it is found outside of the humid forest zone from Senegal to Ethiopia. In Eastern Africa it is found to occur from Ethiopia all the way down to northern South Africa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxytenanthera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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