Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Elephant Bamboo, India Reed Bamboo
Common Names in French:
Bambou De L´inde, Bambou-Roseau De L´inde
Common Names in Spanish:
Bambú De La India
Common Names in Tamil:
Iral, Irul
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:
travancorica
- Gamble
- Botanical name: - Ochlandra travancorica Gamble
- Specific epithet:
travancorica
- Gamble
- 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
(
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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- Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 7 1896 Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1888- url p. 126.
- Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 326.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39 2000 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 35, p. 64, p. 82.
- Flora of the Presidency of Madras / by J.S. Gamble. London: West, Newman and Adlard, 1915- url .
- The Philippine journal of science. Manila: Bureau of Science url p. 326.
- The commercial products of India: being an abridgment of The dictionary of the economic products of India / by Sir George Watt; published under the authority of His Majesty's secretary of state for India in council. London: J. Murray, 1908. url p. 103.
- 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.
- The silviculture of Indian trees. Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. OxfordClarendon Press1921 url p. 709.
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 6 1901-1905 London. url p. 403.
- Vernacular list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers in the Madras Presidency. Madras, Printed by the Superintendant, Government Press, 1915. url p. 680, p. 944.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10756485
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15764592
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:409675-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3637013
