Nastus

Nastus
Nastus borbonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Hickeliinae
Genus: Nastus
Juss.
Type species
Nastus borbonicus
Synonyms[1]
  • Stemmatospermum P.Beauv.
  • Oreiostachys Gamble

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Réunion).[4]

Species[1][5]
  • Nastus ambrensis A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus aristatus A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus borbonicus J.F. Gmel. - Réunion
  • Nastus decaryanus A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus elatoides Widjaja - New Guinea
  • Nastus elatus Holttum - Papua New Guinea
  • Nastus elegantissimus (Hassk.) Holttum - Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
  • Nastus elongatus A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus emirnensis (Baker) A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus glaucus Widjaja - New Guinea
  • Nastus holttumianus Bor - western New Guinea
  • Nastus hooglandii Holttum - Papua New Guinea
  • Nastus humbertianus A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus lokohoensis A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus longispicula Holttum - Papua New Guinea
  • Nastus madagascariensis A.Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus manongarivensis A.Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus obtusus Holttum - New Guinea
  • Nastus perrieri A. Camus - Madagascar
  • Nastus productus (Pilg.) Holttum - New Guinea
  • Nastus reholttumianus Soenarko - Sumba Island in Indonesia
  • Nastus rudimentifer Holttum - New Guinea
  • Nastus schlechteri (Pilg.) Holttum - New Guinea
  • Nastus schmutzii S. Dransf. - Flores Island in Indonesia
  • Nastus tsaratananensis A. Camus - Madagascar
formerly included[1]

see Arundinaria, Bambusa, Cathariostachys, Cenchrus, Chusquea, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Guadua, Melocanna, and Thamnocalamus

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 34 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Nastus Juss.
  4. ^ Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world: annotated nomenclature and literature of the species and the higher and lower taxa. Bamboos World 1–585
  5. ^ The Plant List

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