Thin-walled bamboo

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Thin-walled bamboo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Pseudostachyum
Thwaites
Species: P. polymorphum
Binomial name
Pseudostachyum polymorphum
Munro
Synonyms

Schizostachyum polymorphum (Gamble) R.B.Majumdar

The thin-walled bamboo (Pseudostachyum polymorphum) is a species of bamboo and the sole species of the genus Pseudostachyum. The plant is found in Myanmar and India.

[edit] Taxonomy

The following species have been excluded from this genus:

  • Pseudostachyum compactiflorum Kurz, replaced by Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth.
  • Pseudostachyum glomeriflorum Kurz, replaced by Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth.

The genus is sometimes referred to as Schizostachyum.

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