Nastus

Nastus
Nastus borbonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Hickeliinae
Genus: Nastus
Juss.
Type species
Nastus borbonicus
Synonyms
  • Oreiostachys Gamble
  • Stemmatospermum P.Beauv.

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family Poaceae. It includes 12 species native to Madagascar and Réunion.

The genus was erected by French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789.