Gigantochloa
Encyclopedia
Gigantochloa is a tropical
genus
of giant clumping bamboo
, similar to the genus Bambusa
. Found in Southeast Asia
.
Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of giant clumping bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
, similar to the genus Bambusa
Bambusa
Bambusa is a large genus of clumping bamboos. These species are usually giant ones, with numerous branches at a node and one or two much larger than the rest...
. Found in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
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Selected species
G. achmadii G. albociliata G. albopilosa G. albovestita G. andamanica G. apus G. aspera G. ater G. atroviolacea G. auriculata G. aya G. baliana G. balui G. calcicola G. cochinchinensis G. compressa G. densa G. dinhensis G. felix G. hasskarliana G. hayatae G. heteroclada G. heterostachya G. hirtinoda G. holttumiana G. hosseusii G. kachinensis G. kathaensis G. kuring G. kurzii G. latifolia G. latispiculata G. levis G. ligulata G. longiprophylla G. luteostriata G. macrostachya G. magentea |
G. manggong G. maxima G. membranoidea G. merrilliana G. mogaungensis G. multiculmis G. nigrociliata G. novoguineensis G. papyracea G. parviflora G. parvifolia G. poilanei G. pruriens G. pseudoarundinacea G. pubinervis G. pubipetiolata G. ridleyi G. robusta G. rostrata G. scortechinii G. scribneriana G. serik G. sinuata G. stocksii G. tekserah G. tenuispiculata G. thoi G. tomentosa G. toungooensis G. velutina G. verticillata G. vietnamica G. vinhphuica G. wallichiana G. wanet G. wrayi G. wunthoensis G. yunzalinensis |