Merostachys is a Neotropical genus of bamboo in the grass family.[2][3] It is found in South America and Central America from Belize to Paraguay.[4][5][6][7]
Merostachys | |
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Merostachys procerrima | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
Tribe: | Bambuseae |
Subtribe: | Arthrostylidiinae |
Genus: | Merostachys Spreng. 1824 not Nakai 1935 (Crassulaceae) |
Type species | |
Merostachys speciosa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Brasilocalamus Nakai |
see Athroostachys Rhipidocladum