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Ochlandra capitata

(Madagascar Reed Bamboo)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Madagascar Reed Bamboo

Common Names in French:

Bambou-Roseau De Madagascar

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina () - (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae () - Auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Commelinidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Juncanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Poales () - Small, 1903
        Family: Gramineae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
        Subfamily: Bambusoideae ()
        Tribe: Bambuseae ()
        Subtribe: Melocanninae ()
        Genus: Ochlandra () - Thwaites, 1864
        Specific epithet: capitata - E.G.Camus
        Botanical name: - Ochlandra capitata E.G.Camus

Synonyms

Beesha capitata (Kunth) Munro • Cathariostachys capitata (Kunth) S. Dransf. • Nastus Capitatus • Nastus capitatus Kunth

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ochlandra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

O. capitata (Madagascar Reed Bamboo) · O. ebracteata (India Reed Bamboo) · O. perrieri (Madagascar Reed Bamboo) · O. scriptoria (Tamil Nadu Reed Bamboo) · O. setigera (Tamil Nadu Reed Bamboo) · O. sivagiriana (Tamil Nadu Reed Bamboo) · O. stridula (Sri Lanka Reed Bamboo) · O. travancorica (India Reed Bamboo) · O. wightii (Tamil Nadu Reed Bamboo)

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Further Reading

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A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 97 2000 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2000. url table 2-7 , p. 284, p. 35.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:

Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8930355
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15764579
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:409665-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3636922

Last Revised: 2012-07-27