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
Gigantochloa albociliata
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: Gigantochloa
Kurz ex Munro
Type species
Gigantochloa atter [1]
(Hassk.) Kurz.
Species[5][6]
  1. Gigantochloa achmadii
  2. Gigantochloa albociliata
  3. Gigantochloa albopilosa
  4. Gigantochloa albovestita
  5. Gigantochloa andamanica
  6. Gigantochloa apus
  7. Gigantochloa aspera
  8. Gigantochloa atter
  9. Gigantochloa atroviolacea
  10. Gigantochloa aya
  11. Gigantochloa baliana
  12. Gigantochloa balui
  13. Gigantochloa calcicola
  14. Gigantochloa cochinchinensis[7]
  15. Gigantochloa compressa
  16. Gigantochloa densa
  17. Gigantochloa dinhensis
  18. Gigantochloa felix
  19. Gigantochloa hasskarliana
  20. Gigantochloa hayatae
  21. Gigantochloa heteroclada
  22. Gigantochloa hirtinoda
  23. Gigantochloa holttumiana
  24. Gigantochloa hosseusii
  25. Gigantochloa kachinensis
  26. Gigantochloa kathaensis
  27. Gigantochloa kuring
  28. Gigantochloa kurzii
  29. Gigantochloa latifolia
  30. Gigantochloa levis
  31. Gigantochloa ligulata
  32. Gigantochloa longiprophylla
  33. Gigantochloa luteostriata
  34. Gigantochloa macrostachya
  35. Gigantochloa magentea
  36. Gigantochloa manggong
  37. Gigantochloa membranoidea
  38. Gigantochloa mogaungensis
  39. Gigantochloa multiculmis
  40. Gigantochloa multifloscula [8]
  41. Gigantochloa nigrociliata
  42. Gigantochloa papyracea
  43. Gigantochloa parviflora
  44. Gigantochloa parvifolia
  45. Gigantochloa poilanei
  46. Gigantochloa pruriens
  47. Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
  48. Gigantochloa pubinervis
  49. Gigantochloa pubipetiolata
  50. Gigantochloa ridleyi
  51. Gigantochloa robusta
  52. Gigantochloa rostrata
  53. Gigantochloa scortechinii
  54. Gigantochloa scribneriana
  55. Gigantochloa serik
  56. Gigantochloa tekserah
  57. Gigantochloa tenuispiculata
  58. Gigantochloa thoi
  59. Gigantochloa tomentosa
  60. Gigantochloa toungooensis
  61. Gigantochloa velutina
  62. Gigantochloa verticillata
  63. Gigantochloa vietnamica
  64. Gigantochloa vinhphuica
  65. Gigantochloa wallichiana
  66. Gigantochloa wanet
  67. Gigantochloa wrayi
  68. Gigantochloa wunthoensis
  69. Gigantochloa yunzalinensis
Formerly included[5]

see Bambusa Dendrocalamus Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by Holttum, Taxon 5: 28–30 (1956)
  2. ^ Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz ex Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 123–126 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ^ Tropicos, Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 46 巨竹属 ju zhu shu Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 26: 123. 1868.
  5. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Gigantochloa
  7. ^ Vuong Thi, Thuy; Nguyen Thi, Huyen; Le, Hoang Tu; Nguyen, Kim Loi (2021-09-03). "Status of bamboos in Binh Duong province, Vietnam: Distribution, species diversity, conservation and utilization". Trees, Forests and People. 6. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Bibcode:2021TFP.....600137T. doi:10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100137 – via Elsevier Science Direct.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ^ Tropicos