Ochlandra
| Ochlandra | |
|---|---|
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| Ochlandra scriptoria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Melocanninae |
| Genus: | Thwaites |
| Type species | |
| Ochlandra stridula Moon ex Thwaites | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ochlandra is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).[1][2][3] One of the distinguishing marks of the genus is the large number of stamens in each flower; up to 150.
The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.
- Species[4]
- 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
- ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 376 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Triopicos, Ochlandra Thwaites
- ^ Kumar, M. 1995. A re-investigation on the taxonomy of the genus Ochlandra Thw. (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). Rheedea 5(1): 63–89.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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