Melocalamus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Bambuseae
Subtribus: Bambusinae
Genus: Melocalamus
Species: M. arrectus – M. blaoensis – M. compactifloris – M. compactiflorus – M. cucphuongensis – M. elevatissimus – M. fimbriatus – M. gracilis – M. indicus – M. kbangensis – M. maclellandii – M. pacoensis – M. truongsonensis – M. yenbaiensis
Name

Melocalamus Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 1095 (1883)
Type species: Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 134 (1881)

References

Bentham, G. (1883) Genera Plantarum 3: 1212.
Nguyen, H.N. & Tran, V.T. (2010) Six new species of Melocalamus (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) from Vietnam, Blumea, 55: 129–138. Available online. Accessed 27 Nov. 2013.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Melocalamus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Melocalamus. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
Tropicos.org 2013. Melocalamus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Melocalamus. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.

Melocalamus is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family.[1] It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent.[2][3]

Species[4][5][6]

Melocalamus arrectus T.P.Yi - Yunnan
Melocalamus blaoensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth. - Yunnan, Bangladesh, Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Melocalamus cucphuongensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
Melocalamus elevatissimus Hsueh & T.P.Yi - Tibet
Melocalamus indicus R.B.Majumdar - Assam
Melocalamus kbangensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
Melocalamus mastersii (Munro) R.B.Majumdar - Assam
Melocalamus ningmingensis Ohrnb. - Guangxi
Melocalamus pacoensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
Melocalamus scandens Hsueh & C.M.Hui - Yunnan
Melocalamus truongsonensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
Melocalamus yenbaiensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam

Formerly included[4]

see Dinochloa

Melocalamus macclellandii - Dinochloa macclellandii

References

Bentham, George. 1883. Genera Plantarum 3: 1095 (in key), 1212 in Latin
Tropicos, Melocalamus Benth.
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 48 梨籐竹属 li teng zhu shu Melocalamus Bentham in Bentham & J. D. Hooker in Bentham & J. D. Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 1212. 1883.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Melocalamus
Nguyen, H.N.; Tran, V.T. 2010. Six new species of Melocalamus (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) from Vietnam. Blumea 55(2):129-138