Bambusoideae
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The Bambusoideae is a subfamily of the true grass family Poaceae.
Subdivisions
It is divided into 2 groups: the Oryzodae and the Bambusodae. It has 13 tribes, as following:
- Oryzodae
This group is also separated into subfamily Oryzaceae.
- Tribe Anomochloeae
This tribe is also separated to form subfamily Anomochlooideae. There is one genus: Anomochloa.
- Tribe Diarrheneae
There is one genus: Diarrhena.
- Tribe Ehrharteae
There are four genera: Ehrharta, Microlaena, Petriella, Tetrarrhena.
- Tribe Olyreae
There are 20 genera: Agnesia, Arberella, Buergersiochloa, Cryptochloa, Diandrolyra, Ekmanochloa, Froesiochloa, Lithachne (also placed in Oryzeae), Maclurolyra, Mniochloa, Olyra, Pariana, Parodiolyra, Piresia, Piresiella, Raddia, Raddiella, Rehia, Reitzia, Sucrea.
- Tribe Oryzeae
This tribe also forms subfamily Oryzoideae. It has 13 genera: Chikusichloa, Hydrochloa, Hygroryza, Leersia, Luziola, Maltebrunia, Oryza, Porteresia, Potamophila, Prosphytochloa, Rhynchoryza, Zizania, Zizaniopsis.
- Tribe Phaenospermatae
There is 1 genus in this tribe: Phaenosperma.
- Tribe Phareae
There are 4 genera: Leptaspis, Pharus, Scrotochloa, Suddia.
- Tribe Phyllorhachideae
This tribe has 2 genera: Humbertochloa, Phyllorhachis.
- Tribe Streptochaeteae
There is one genus: Streptochaeta.
- Tribe Streptogyneae
This tribe only has one genus: Streptogyna.
- Bambosodae
- Tribe Bambuseae
This tribe comprises woody bamboos (or hardy bamboos). There are 91 genera, distributed into several subtribes:
- Subtribe Arthrostylidiinae
Comprises 13 genera: Actinocladum, Alvimia, Apoclada, Arthrostylidium, Athroostachys, Atractantha, Aulonemia (Matudacalamus), Colanthelia, Elytrostachys, Glaziophyton, Merostachys, Myriocladus, Rhipidocladum.
- Subtribe Arundinariinae
Comprises 16 genera: Acidosasa, Ampelocalamus, Arundinaria, Borinda, Chimonocalamus, Drepanostachyum (Himalayacalamus), Fargesia, Ferrocalamus, Gaoligongshania, Gelidocalamus, Indocalamus, Oligostachyum, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Thamnocalamus, Yushania.
- Subtribe Bambusinae
Comprises 10 genera: Bambusa (Dendrocalamopsis), Bonia (Monocladus), Dendrocalamus (Klemachloa, Oreobambos, Oxynanthera or Sinocalamus), Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Holttumochloa, Kinabaluchloa (Maclurochloa, Soejatmia), Melocalamus, Sphaerobambos, Thyrsostachys.
- Subtribe Chusqueinae
Comprises 2 genera: Chusquea, Neurolepis.
- Subtribe Guaduinae
Comprises 5 genera: Criciuma, Eremocaulon, Guadua, Olmeca, Otatea.
- Subtribe Melocanninae
Comprises 9 genera: Cephalostachyum, Davidsea, Leptocanna, Melocanna, Neohouzeaua, Ochlandra, Pseudostachyum, Schizostachyum, Teinostachyum.
- Subtribe Nastinae
Comprises 6 genera: Decaryochloa, Greslania, Hickelia, Hitchcockella, Nastus, Perrierbambus.
- Subtribe Racemobambodinae
Comprises one genus: Racemobambos (Neomicrocalamus, Vietnamosasa)
- Subtribe Shibataeinae
Comprises 8 genera: Chimonobambusa, Indosasa, Phyllostachys, Qiongzhuea, Semiarundianria (Brachystachyum), Shibataea, Sinobambusa, Temburongia (incertae sedis).
- Tribe Guaduelleae
There is one genus: Guaduella.
- Tribe Puelieae
There is one genus: Puelia.