Ochlandra

Ochlandra is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).[1][2][3]

Ochlandra
Ochlandra scriptoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Ochlandra
Thwaites
Type species
Ochlandra stridula
Moon ex Thwaites
Synonyms
  • Besha D.Dietr.
  • Beesha Munro 1868, illegitimate homonym not Kunth 1822

The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.

Species[4]
  1. Ochlandra beddomei - Kerala
  2. Ochlandra ebracteata - India reed bamboo - Kerala
  3. Ochlandra keralensis - Kerala
  4. Ochlandra scriptoria - Tamil Nadu reed bamboo, Kerala reed bamboo - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  5. Ochlandra setigera - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  6. Ochlandra sivagiriana - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  7. Ochlandra soderstromiana - Kerala
  8. Ochlandra spirostylis - Kerala
  9. Ochlandra stridula - Ceylon reed bamboo, Sri Lanka reed bamboo - Sri Lanka
  10. Ochlandra talbotii - Karnataka
  11. Ochlandra travancorica - elephant bamboo, India reed bamboo - Tamil Nadu, Kerala; naturalized in West Indies
  12. Ochlandra wightii - Karnataka, Kerala
Formerly included

see Cathariostachys Nastus Schizostachyum Valiha

  • Ochlandra capitata - Cathariostachys capitata
  • Ochlandra elegantissima - Nastus elegantissimus
  • Ochlandra perrieri - Valiha perrieri
  • Ochlandra ridleyi - Schizostachyum latifolium

References
  1. Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 376 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. Triopicos, Ochlandra Thwaites
  3. Kumar, M. 1995. A re-investigation on the taxonomy of the genus Ochlandra Thw. (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). Rheedea 5(1): 63–89.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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