Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Ceylon Reed Bamboo, Sri Lanka Reed Bamboo
Common Names in French:
Bambou-Roseau De Ceylan
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
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)
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
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)
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
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)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
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)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
(
)
- Small, 1903
- Family:
Gramineae
(
)
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
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)
- Tribe:
Bambuseae
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)
- Subtribe:
Melocanninae
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)
- Genus:
Ochlandra
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)
- Thwaites, 1864
- Specific epithet:
stridula
- Thwaites
- Botanical name: - Ochlandra stridula Thwaites
- Specific epithet:
stridula
- Thwaites
- Genus:
Ochlandra
(
- Subtribe:
Melocanninae
(
- Tribe:
Bambuseae
(
- Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Beesha stridula (Moon Ex Thwaites) Munro
Similar Species
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
- A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon: containing descriptions of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to the island, and notes on their history, distribution, and uses: with an atlas of plates illustrating some of the more inte by Henry Trimen. London: Dulau, 1893-1931. url p. 318, p. 355, p. 432.
- Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 7 1896 Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1888- url p. 124, p. viii.
- Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. Colombo: Skien; 1901-1924. url p. 255.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39 2000 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 81.
- Indian trees: an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian empire / London: A. Constable, 1906. url p. 662.
- Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url p. 423.
- Official guide to the museums of economic botany. London, Printed for H.M. Stationary Off. by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. url p. 81.
- Revision of the flora of the Bombay presidency. [S.l.: s.n.], 1927-1930. url p. 22.
- Sylviculture in the tropics. LondonMacmillan1912 url , p. 203, p. 40.
- The flora of British India /By J. D. Hooker assisted by various botanists. Published under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council. London: L. Reeve, 1875-97. url p. 419.
- Vernacular list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers in the Madras Presidency. Madras, Printed by the Superintendant, Government Press, 1915. url p. 337, p. 380, p. 848, p. 914, p. 942.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5920347
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15764590
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:409673-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3636998
