Gigantochloa

Gigantochloa
Gigantochloa albociliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Bambusinae
Genus: Gigantochloa
Kurz ex Munro
Type species
Gigantochloa atter
(Hassk.) Kurz.

Gigantochloa is a tropical Asian and Papuasian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family. It is found in southern China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and New Guinea.

Species
  • Gigantochloa achmadii
  • Gigantochloa albociliata
  • Gigantochloa albopilosa
  • Gigantochloa albovestita
  • Gigantochloa andamanica
  • Gigantochloa apus
  • Gigantochloa aspera
  • Gigantochloa atter
  • Gigantochloa atroviolacea
  • Gigantochloa aya
  • Gigantochloa baliana
  • Gigantochloa balui
  • Gigantochloa calcicola
  • Gigantochloa cochinchinensis
  • Gigantochloa compressa
  • Gigantochloa densa
  • Gigantochloa dinhensis
  • Gigantochloa felix
  • Gigantochloa hasskarliana
  • Gigantochloa hayatae
  • Gigantochloa heteroclada
  • Gigantochloa hirtinoda
  • Gigantochloa holttumiana
  • Gigantochloa hosseusii
  • Gigantochloa kachinensis
  • Gigantochloa kathaensis
  • Gigantochloa kuring
  • Gigantochloa kurzii
  • Gigantochloa latifolia
  • Gigantochloa levis
  • Gigantochloa ligulata
  • Gigantochloa longiprophylla
  • Gigantochloa luteostriata
  • Gigantochloa macrostachya
  • Gigantochloa magentea
  • Gigantochloa manggong
  • Gigantochloa membranoidea
  • Gigantochloa mogaungensis
  • Gigantochloa multiculmis
  • Gigantochloa multifloscula
  • Gigantochloa nigrociliata
  • Gigantochloa papyracea
  • Gigantochloa parviflora
  • Gigantochloa parvifolia
  • Gigantochloa poilanei
  • Gigantochloa pruriens
  • Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
  • Gigantochloa pubinervis
  • Gigantochloa pubipetiolata
  • Gigantochloa ridleyi
  • Gigantochloa robusta
  • Gigantochloa rostrata
  • Gigantochloa scortechinii
  • Gigantochloa scribneriana
  • Gigantochloa serik
  • Gigantochloa tekserah
  • Gigantochloa tenuispiculata
  • Gigantochloa thoi
  • Gigantochloa tomentosa
  • Gigantochloa toungooensis
  • Gigantochloa velutina
  • Gigantochloa verticillata
  • Gigantochloa vietnamica
  • Gigantochloa vinhphuica
  • Gigantochloa wallichiana
  • Gigantochloa wanet
  • Gigantochloa wrayi
  • Gigantochloa wunthoensis
  • Gigantochloa yunzalinensis
Formerly included

see Bambusa Dendrocalamus Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera

  • G. auriculata – Bambusa vulgaris
  • G. heterostachya – Bambusa heterostachya
  • G. latispiculata – Bambusa heterostachya
  • G. maxima – Bambusa bambos
  • G. merrilliana – Dendrocalamus merrillianus
  • G. novoguineensis – Neololeba atra
  • G. sinuata – Dendrocalamus sinuatus
  • G. stocksii – Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii
  • G. tabindaing – Bambusa villosula