Holttumochloa Explained

Holttumochloa is a genus of Malaysian bamboos in the grass family native to the hill forests of Peninsular Malaysia. It is sometimes included in the genus Bambusa.^{[1] [2]}

The genus name of Holttumochloa is in honour of Richard Eric Holttum (1895–1990), who was an English botanist and author.^[3]

Species^{[4] [5] [6]}

• Holttumochloa korbuensis K.M.Wong - Perak
• Holttumochloa magica (Ridl.) K.M.Wong - Pahang
• Holttumochloa pubescens K.M.Wong - Kelantan

Notes and References

1. Wong, K. M. 1993. Four new genera of bamboos (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) from Malesia. Kew Bulletin 48(3): 517–532
2. Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja. 1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia 7: 1–191
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=477877 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Holttumochloa The Plant List search for Holttumochloa
6. Web site: Bulu Perindu Resources . 2017-08-21 . 2018-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180827195345/https://buluperindu.co/ . dead .