Cephalostachyum

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Genus of grasses

title: "Cephalostachyum" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bambusoideae-genera", "bambusoideae"] description: "Genus of grasses" topic_path: "general/bambusoideae-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalostachyum" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of grasses ::

|image = Cephalostachyumpergracile.jpg |image_caption = Cephalostachyum pergracile |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Cephalostachyum |authority = Munro |type_species_authority = Munro |type_species = Cephalostachyum capitatum |synonyms = Leptocanna L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung

Cephalostachyum is a genus of Asian and Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.

The plants are of small to medium size compared to most other bamboo. Their choice habitats are mountain to lowland forests.

;Species

  1. Cephalostachyum burmanicum - Myanmar
  2. Cephalostachyum capitatum - Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan
  3. Cephalostachyum chapelieri - Madagascar
  4. Cephalostachyum flavescens - Myanmar, Andaman Islands
  5. Cephalostachyum langbianense - Vietnam
  6. Cephalostachyum latifolium - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim
  7. Cephalostachyum mannii - Yunnan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan
  8. Cephalostachyum mindorense - Philippines
  9. Cephalostachyum pallidum - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Tibet
  10. Cephalostachyum pergracile - Yunnan, Myanmar, Assam, Laos, Bhutan
  11. Cephalostachyum perrieri - Madagascar
  12. Cephalostachyum scandens - Yunnan, Myanmar
  13. Cephalostachyum viguieri - Madagascar
  14. Cephalostachyum virgatum - Yunnan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam ;formerly included see Bambusa Cathariostachys Dendrocalamus Kinabaluchloa Schizostachyum

;Museums Chinese maps show a Cephalostachyum Museum in Beijing. However, this appears to be a mistranslation; the museum is actually dedicated to the diabolo, a kind of yo-yo made of bamboo.

References

References

  1. lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 201 (1957)
  2. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004099 Tropicos, ''Cephalostachyum'' Munro ]
  3. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87381#page/143/mode/1up Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 138-141] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106116 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 54 空竹属 kong zhu shu ''Cephalostachyum'' Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 26: 138. 1868.]
  5. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=404068 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  6. [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Cephalostachyum The Plant List search for ''Cephalostachyum'']
  7. [http://gorgeousbrian.blogspot.com/2017/09/diabolo.html Beijing's Diabolical Cephalostachyum Museum.]

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