Schizostachyum

Taxobox


image_size = 250px
image_caption = okinaOhe (Scizostachyum glaucifolium)
name = "Schizostachyum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Bambusoideae
supertribus = Bambusodae
tribus = Bambuseae
subtribus = Melocanninae
genus = "Schizostachyum"
genus_authority = Nees
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Schizostachyum aciculare"
*"Schizostachyum glaucifolium"
*"Schizostachyum hantu"
*"Schizostachyum jaculans"
*"Schizostachyum lima"
*"Schizostachyum pilosum"
*"Schizostachyum zollingeri"
*etc.

"Schizostachyum" is a tall or shrub-like tropical genus of bamboo. The genus name comes from Greek "schistos" ("cleft") and "stachys" ("spike"), referring to the spacing of spikelets.

These are clumping, and sometimes climbing bamboos. The genus has about 35 species found in East Asia.

Taxonomy

The following species have been excluded from this genus:
*"Schizostachyum copelandi" F.Muell. & Hack., replaced by "Sinocalamus copelandi" (Gamble ex Brandis) Raizada
*"Schizostachyum dullooa" (Gamble) Majumdar, replaced by "Neohouzeaua dullooa" (Gamble) A.Camus
*"Schizostachyum griffithii" (Munro) R.B.Majumdar, replaced by "Teinostachyum griffithii" Munro
*"Schizostachyum helferi" (Munro) R.B.Majumdar, replaced by "Neohouzeaua helferi" (Munro) Gamble
*"Schizostachyum pergracile" (Munro) Majumdar, replaced by "Cephalostachyum pergracile" Munro
*"Schizostachyum polymorphum" (Munro) Majumdar, replaced by "Pseudostachyum polymorphum" Munro
*"Schizostachyum serpentinum" Kurz , replaced by "Gigantochloa nigrociliata" (Büse) Kurz
*"Schizostachyum subcordatum" Ridley, replaced by "Dendrocalamus pendulus" Ridley

Some also include in this genus the genus "Leptocanna".