Biology:Dinochloa

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Dinochloa
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Dinochloa pubiramea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: BOP clade
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Dinochloinae
Genus: Dinochloa
Büse
Type species
Dinochloa tjankorreh[1]
(Schult.) Büse

Dinochloa is a genus of tropical clumping high-climbing bamboos in the grass family.[2]

These species bear zigzag culms and fleshy fruits. They are found in the hill forests and lowland dipterocarp forest of southern China , Southeast Asia, and the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.

Species[3][4]
formerly included[3]

see Cyrtochloa Maclurochloa Melocalamus

  • Dinochloa compactiflora - Melocalamus compactiflorus
  • Dinochloa elevatissima - Melocalamus elevatissimus
  • Dinochloa gracilis - Melocalamus mastersii
  • Dinochloa indica - Melocalamus indicus
  • Dinochloa major - Cyrtochloa major
  • Dinochloa montana - Maclurochloa montana

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3310047 entry