Biology:Ochlandra

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Ochlandra
Ochlandra scriptoria plant.jpg
Ochlandra scriptoria
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Ochlandra
Thwaites
Type species
Ochlandra stridula
Moon ex Thwaites
Synonyms
  • Besha D.Dietr.
  • Beesha Munro 1868, illegitimate homonym not Kunth 1822

Ochlandra is a genus of India n bamboo in the grass family).[1][2][3]

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

Species[4]


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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q2325098 entry