Nastus

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Nastus
Nastus Borbonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Bambusoideae Supertribe: Bambusodae Tribe: Bambuseae Subtribe: Nastinae Genus: Nastus Juss.
Species
Nastus elatus - New Guinea edible bamboo Nastus obtusus etc.

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboo. It has 7 species, mainly found in the tropical mountain forests of the Southern Hemisphere from Madagascar and Réunion to the Solomon Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

The genus includes:

• Chloothamnus Büse
• Oreiostachys Gamble
• Stemmatospermum P.Beauv.