Bambuseae Explained

The Bambuseae are the most diverse tribe of bamboos in the grass family (Poaceae). They consist of woody species from tropical regions, including some giant bamboos. Their sister group are the small herbaceous bamboos from the tropics in tribe Olyreae, while the temperate woody bamboos (Arundinarieae) are more distantly related. The Bambuseae fall into two clades, corresponding to species from the Neotropics (subtribes Arthrostylidiinae, Chusqueinae, and Guaduinae) and from the Paleotropics (subtribes Bambusinae, Hickeliinae, Melocanninae, and Racemobambosinae).[1]

Subtribes and genera

The 73 genera are placed in eleven subtribes:

Actinocladum, Alvimia, Arthrostylidium, Athroostachys, Atractantha, Aulonemia, Cambajuva, Colanthelia, Didymogonyx, Elytrostachys, Filgueirasia, Glaziophyton, Merostachys, Myriocladus, Rhipidocladum

Bambusa, Bonia, Cochinchinochloa, Dendrocalamus, Fimbribambusa, Gigantochloa, Maclurochloa, Melocalamus, Neomicrocalamus, Oreobambos, Oxytenanthera, Phuphanochloa, Pseudobambusa, Pseudoxytenanthera, Soejatmia, Thyrsostachys, Vietnamosasa, Yersinochloa

Chusquea

Cyrtochloa, Dinochloa, Mullerochloa, Neololeba, Pinga, Parabambusa, Sphaerobambos

Greslania

Apoclada, Eremocaulon, Guadua, Olmeca, Otatea

Cathariostachys, Decaryochloa, Hickelia, Hitchcockella, Nastus, Perrierbambus, Sirochloa, Sokinochloa, Valiha

Holttumochloa, Kinabaluchloa, Nianhochloa

Annamocalamus, Cephalostachyum, Davidsea, Melocanna, Neohouzeaua, Ochlandra, Pseudostachyum, Schizostachyum, Stapletonia

Chloothamnus, Racemobambos, Widjajachloa

Temburongia

Ruhooglandia, Temochloa

Notes and References

  1. Kelchner S, Bamboo Phylogeny Working Group . Higher level phylogenetic relationships within the bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) based on five plastid markers . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 67 . 2 . 2013 . 404–413 . PDF . 1055-7903 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.005 . 23454093 . 2015-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150605041641/http://www.isu.edu/~kelchner/Kelchner_Lab/Publications_files/Kelchner%26BPG_MPE2013.pdf . 2015-06-05 . dead .