Nastus

Nastus
Nastus borbonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae[1]
Subtribe: Nastinae
Genus: Nastus
Juss.
Type species
Nastus borbonicus
J.F.Gmel.
Synonyms[1]

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Réunion).[4]

Species[1][5]
  1. Nastus ambrensis A.Camus - Madagascar
  2. Nastus aristatus A.Camus - Madagascar
  3. Nastus borbonicus J.F.Gmel. - Réunion
  4. Nastus decaryanus A.Camus - Madagascar
  5. Nastus elatoides Widjaja - New Guinea
  6. Nastus elatus Holttum - Papua New Guinea
  7. Nastus elegantissimus (Hassk.) Holttum - Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
  8. Nastus elongatus A.Camus - Madagascar
  9. Nastus emirnensis (Baker) A.Camus - Madagascar
  10. Nastus glaucus Widjaja - New Guinea
  11. Nastus holttumianus Bor - western New Guinea
  12. Nastus hooglandii Holttum - Papua New Guinea
  13. Nastus humbertianus A.Camus - Madagascar
  14. Nastus lokohoensis A.Camus - Madagascar
  15. Nastus longispicula Holttum - Papua New Guinea
  16. Nastus madagascariensis A.Camus - Madagascar
  17. Nastus manongarivensis A.Camus - Madagascar
  18. Nastus obtusus Holttum - New Guinea
  19. Nastus perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar
  20. Nastus productus (Pilg.) Holttum - New Guinea
  21. Nastus reholttumianus Soenarko - Sumba Island in Indonesia
  22. Nastus rudimentifer Holttum - New Guinea
  23. Nastus schlechteri (Pilg.) Holttum - New Guinea
  24. Nastus schmutzii S.Dransf. - Flores Island in Indonesia
  25. Nastus tsaratananensis A.Camus - Madagascar
formerly included[1]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 34 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Nastus Juss.
  4. 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
  5. The Plant List

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