Biology:Ochlandra

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Ochlandra is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).[1][2][3] The flowers have up to 150 stamens in each flower.[4]

The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.

Species[5]

  • Ochlandra beddomei - Kerala
  • Ochlandra ebracteata - India reed bamboo - Kerala
  • Ochlandra keralensis - Kerala
  • Ochlandra scriptoria - Tamil Nadu reed bamboo, Kerala reed bamboo - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  • Ochlandra setigera - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  • Ochlandra sivagiriana - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  • Ochlandra soderstromiana - Kerala
  • Ochlandra spirostylis - Kerala
  • Ochlandra stridula - Ceylon reed bamboo, Sri Lanka reed bamboo - Sri Lanka
  • Ochlandra talbotii - Karnataka
  • Ochlandra travancorica - elephant bamboo, India reed bamboo - Tamil Nadu, Kerala; also naturalised in the West Indies
  • Ochlandra wightii - Karnataka, Kerala

Formerly included see Cathariostachys Nastus Schizostachyum Valiha

  • Ochlandra capitata - Cathariostachys capitata
  • Ochlandra elegantissima - Nastus elegantissimus
  • Ochlandra perrieri - Valiha perrieri
  • Ochlandra ridleyi - Schizostachyum latifolium

References

  1. Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 376 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. Triopicos, Ochlandra Thwaites
  3. Kumar, M. 1995. A re-investigation on the taxonomy of the genus Ochlandra Thw. (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). Rheedea 5(1): 63–89.
  4. Rolf, M. T.; Dahlgren; Clifford, H. Trevor (1982). The Monocots - A Comparative Study. London: Academic Press. p. 119. 
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q2325098 entry