Gigantochloa
| Gigantochloa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Bambusinae |
| Genus: | Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro |
| Type species | |
| Gigantochloa atter [1] (Hassk.) Kurz.
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Gigantochloa is a tropical Asian and Papuasian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family.[2][3] It is found in southern China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and New Guinea.[4]
- Gigantochloa atter
- Gigantochloa atroviolacea
- [7]
- Formerly included[5]
see Bambusa Dendrocalamus Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera
- G. auriculata – Bambusa vulgaris
- G. heterostachya –
- G. latispiculata –
- G. maxima – Bambusa bambos
- G. merrilliana –
- G. novoguineensis – Neololeba atra
- G. sinuata –
- G. stocksii –
- G. tabindaing –
References[]
- ^ lectotype designated by Holttum, Taxon 5: 28–30 (1956)
- ^ Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz ex Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 123–126 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 46 巨竹属 ju zhu shu Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 26: 123. 1868.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Gigantochloa
- ^ Tropicos
Categories:
- Bambusoideae
- Bambusoideae genera