Dendrocalamus
Dendrocalamus spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Bambusinae
Genus: Dendrocalamus
Nees
Type species
Dendrocalamus strictus
(Roxb.) Nees
Synonyms[1]
  • Klemachloa R.Parker
  • Sinocalamus McClure
  • Sellulocalamus W.T.Lin

Dendrocalamus is a tropical Asian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family.[2][3] It is found in the Indian subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia.[4]

Dendrocalamus giganteus is one of the tallest of bamboos, capable of reaching heights up to 46 m.[5][6]

Species

The following are included: [1][7]

  1. Dendrocalamus asper – S China, SE Asia, Indian subcontinent
  2. Dendrocalamus bambusoides – Yunnan
  3. Dendrocalamus barbatus – Yunnan
  4. Dendrocalamus bengkalisensis – Riau Is
  5. Dendrocalamus birmanicus – Yunnan, Myanmar
  6. Dendrocalamus brandisii – Yunnan , Indochina, Andaman Is
  7. Dendrocalamus buar – Sumatra
  8. Dendrocalamus calostachyus – Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Yunnan, Myanmar
  9. Dendrocalamus cinctus – Sri Lanka
  10. Dendrocalamus collettianus – Myanmar
  11. Dendrocalamus detinens – Myanmar
  12. Dendrocalamus dumosus – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  13. Dendrocalamus elegans – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  14. Dendrocalamus exauritus – Guangxi
  15. Dendrocalamus farinosus – Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Vietnam
  16. Dendrocalamus fugongensis – Yunnan
  17. Dendrocalamus giganteus – Yunnan, Assam, West Bengal, Laos, Myanmar; naturalized in Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Ecuador, Trinidad, Puerto Rico
  18. Dendrocalamus hait – Sumatra
  19. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii – Yunnan, Nepal, eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina
  20. Dendrocalamus hirtellus – Peninsular Malaysia
  21. Dendrocalamus hookeri – eastern Himalayas, Myanmar
  22. Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis – Yunnan
  23. Dendrocalamus khoonmengii – Thailand
  24. Dendrocalamus latiflorus – southern China, northern Indochina; naturalized in Ryukyu Is, Bonin Is, Cuba, Brazil
  25. Dendrocalamus liboensis – Guizhou
  26. Dendrocalamus longispathus – Indochina, Assam, Bangladesh
  27. Dendrocalamus macroculmis – Vietnam
  28. Dendrocalamus manipureanus – Manipur
  29. Dendrocalamus membranaceus – Indochina, Yunnan, Bangladesh
  30. Dendrocalamus menglongensis – Guangdong
  31. Dendrocalamus merrillianus – Philippines
  32. Dendrocalamus messeri – Myanmar
  33. Dendrocalamus minor – Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou
  34. Dendrocalamus multiflosculus H.N.Nguyen, N.H.Xia & V.T.Nguyen
  35. Dendrocalamus nianhei V.T.Nguyen & V.L.Le
  36. Dendrocalamus nudus – Thailand
  37. Dendrocalamus pachycladus Hsueh, D.Z.Li & C.M.Hui
  38. Dendrocalamus pachystachys – Yunnan
  39. Dendrocalamus parishii – western Himalayas
  40. Dendrocalamus parvigemma – Vietnam
  41. Dendrocalamus peculiaris – Yunnan
  42. Dendrocalamus pendulus – Peninsular Malaysia
  43. Dendrocalamus phuthoensis H.N.Nguyen, V.T.Nguyen & V.L.Le
  44. Dendrocalamus poilanei – Vietnam
  45. Dendrocalamus pulverulentus – Guangdong
  46. Dendrocalamus sahnii – Arunachal Pradesh
  47. Dendrocalamus semiscandens – Yunnan
  48. Dendrocalamus sericeus – Bihar, Laos, Vietnam
  49. Dendrocalamus sikkimensis – Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan
  50. Dendrocalamus sinicus – Yunnan, Laos
  51. Dendrocalamus sinuatus – Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam
  52. Dendrocalamus somdevae – Uttarakhand
  53. Dendrocalamus strictus – India, Indochina; naturalized in West Indies, Java, Malaysia, some islands in Indian Ocean
  54. Dendrocalamus suberosus – Guangdong
  55. Dendrocalamus tibeticus – Tibet, Yunnan
  56. Dendrocalamus tomentosus – Yunnan
  57. Dendrocalamus triamus – Guangdong
  58. Dendrocalamus tsiangii – Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou
  59. Dendrocalamus wabo – Myanmar
  60. Dendrocalamus xishuangbannaensis – Yunnan, Vietnam
  61. Dendrocalamus yunnanicus
formerly included[1]

see Ampelocalamus Bambusa Gigantochloa Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1835. Linnaea 9(4): 476–477 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Dendrocalamus Nees
  4. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 39, 牡竹属 mu zhu shu Dendrocalamus Nees, Linnaea. 9: 476. 1835.
  5. ^ Bamboos Of India, "MAIN". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-08.. Accessed 8 June 2007
  6. ^ Bioone
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Dendrocalamus
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