Pseudostachyum polymorphum is a monotypic Asian species of bamboo in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Pseudostachyum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Pseudostachyum
Munro
Species:
P. polymorphum
Binomial name
Pseudostachyum polymorphum
Synonyms[1]
  • Schizostachyum polymorphum (Munro) R.B.Majumdar
  • Pseudostachyum wakha Brandis ex E.G.Camus
  • Schizostachyum leviculme McClure

It is the only known species of the genus Pseudostachyum. The plant is found in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and southern China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi).[1][5]

Formerly included[1]

see Melocalamus Neohouzeaua

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. ^ Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 141-142 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ^ Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): plate IV (4), figure B (at right) line drawing of Pseudostachyum polymorphum
  4. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Pseudostachyum Munro". tropicos.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  5. ^ "Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 56 泡竹 pao zhu Pseudostachyum polymorphum Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 26: 142. 1868". efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.