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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