Nastus Explained

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Réunion).^[3]

Species^[4]

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

External links

• Bor, N. L. (1972) A new species of Nastus from New Guinea Plant Systematics and Evolution, 120 (1-2). pp. 87-91. ISSN 0378-2697
• The Archives of the Rare Fruit Council of Australia
• Camus, A. 1937. Nastus Humberlianus Bambou nouveau de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. Vol. 84 (3) 1937

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5437268#page/129/mode/1up Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 34
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025402 Tropicos, Nastus Juss.
3. 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
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Poaceae/Nastus/ The Plant List