Ochlandra

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Ochlandra
Ochlandra scriptoria plant.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Ochlandra
Thwaites
Type species
Ochlandra stridula
Moon ex Thwaites
Synonyms
  • Besha D.Dietr.
  • Beesha Munro 1868, illegitimate homonym not Kunth 1822

Ochlandra is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).[1][2][3]

The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.

Species[4]
  1. - Kerala
  2. - India reed bamboo - Kerala
  3. - Kerala
  4. - Tamil Nadu reed bamboo, Kerala reed bamboo - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  5. - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  6. - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  7. - Kerala
  8. - Kerala
  9. Ochlandra stridula - Ceylon reed bamboo, Sri Lanka reed bamboo - Sri Lanka
  10. - Karnataka
  11. Ochlandra travancorica - elephant bamboo, India reed bamboo - Tamil Nadu, Kerala; naturalized in West Indies
  12. - Karnataka, Kerala
Formerly included

see Cathariostachys Nastus Schizostachyum Valiha

  • Ochlandra capitata -
  • Ochlandra elegantissima -
  • Ochlandra perrieri -
  • Ochlandra ridleyi -

References[]

  1. ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 376 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. ^ Triopicos, Ochlandra Thwaites
  3. ^ Kumar, M. 1995. A re-investigation on the taxonomy of the genus Ochlandra Thw. (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). Rheedea 5(1): 63–89.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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