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 | |
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| Gigantochloa albociliata | |
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 achmadii
- Gigantochloa albociliata
- Gigantochloa albopilosa
- Gigantochloa albovestita
- Gigantochloa andamanica
- Gigantochloa apus
- Gigantochloa aspera
- Gigantochloa atter
- Gigantochloa atroviolacea
- Gigantochloa aya
- Gigantochloa baliana
- Gigantochloa balui
- Gigantochloa calcicola
- Gigantochloa cochinchinensis
- Gigantochloa compressa
- Gigantochloa densa
- Gigantochloa dinhensis
- Gigantochloa felix
- Gigantochloa hasskarliana
- Gigantochloa hayatae
- Gigantochloa heteroclada
- Gigantochloa hirtinoda
- Gigantochloa holttumiana
- Gigantochloa hosseusii
- Gigantochloa kachinensis
- Gigantochloa kathaensis
- Gigantochloa kuring
- Gigantochloa kurzii
- Gigantochloa latifolia
- Gigantochloa levis
- Gigantochloa ligulata
- Gigantochloa longiprophylla
- Gigantochloa luteostriata
- Gigantochloa macrostachya
- Gigantochloa magentea
- Gigantochloa manggong
- Gigantochloa membranoidea
- Gigantochloa mogaungensis
- Gigantochloa multiculmis
- Gigantochloa multifloscula [7]
- Gigantochloa nigrociliata
- Gigantochloa papyracea
- Gigantochloa parviflora
- Gigantochloa parvifolia
- Gigantochloa poilanei
- Gigantochloa pruriens
- Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
- Gigantochloa pubinervis
- Gigantochloa pubipetiolata
- Gigantochloa ridleyi
- Gigantochloa robusta
- Gigantochloa rostrata
- Gigantochloa scortechinii
- Gigantochloa scribneriana
- Gigantochloa serik
- Gigantochloa tekserah
- Gigantochloa tenuispiculata
- Gigantochloa thoi
- Gigantochloa tomentosa
- Gigantochloa toungooensis
- Gigantochloa velutina
- Gigantochloa verticillata
- Gigantochloa vietnamica
- Gigantochloa vinhphuica
- Gigantochloa wallichiana
- Gigantochloa wanet
- Gigantochloa wrayi
- Gigantochloa wunthoensis
- Gigantochloa yunzalinensis
- Formerly included[5]
see Bambusa Dendrocalamus Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera
- G. auriculata – Bambusa vulgaris
- G. heterostachya – Bambusa heterostachya
- G. latispiculata – Bambusa heterostachya
- G. maxima – Bambusa bambos
- G. merrilliana – Dendrocalamus merrillianus
- G. novoguineensis – Neololeba atra
- G. sinuata – Dendrocalamus sinuatus
- G. stocksii – Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii
- G. tabindaing – Bambusa villosula
References edit
- ^ 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