The Bambuseae are the most diverse tribe of bamboos in the grass family (Poaceae). They consist of woody species from tropical regions, including some giant bamboos. Their sister group are the small herbaceous bamboos from the tropics in tribe Olyreae, while the temperate woody bamboos (Arundinarieae) are more distantly related. The Bambuseae fall into two clades, corresponding to species from the Neotropics and from the Paleotropics.
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Cephalostachyum is a genus of Asian and Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.
Melocanna is a genus of Asian clumping bamboo in the grass family.
Schizostachyum is a tall or shrub-like tropical genus of bamboo. They are natives mostly of tropical Asia and Papuasia, with a few species in Madagascar and on certain islands in the Pacific. A few have become naturalized in other tropical regions.
Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
Blepharispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. They are distributed in Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Sri Lanka.
Themeda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18 to 26 species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia.
Theriophonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is found only in India and Sri Lanka. The genus is closely related to Typhonium. The only apparent difference between the two is in how many ovules each have and the overall size of the plants. Typhoniums are bigger than Theriophonum.
- Theriophonum dalzelliiSchott - western India
- Theriophonum danieliiRajakumar, Selvak., S.Murug. & Chellap - southern India
- Theriophonum fischeriSivad. - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Theriophonum infaustumN.E.Br. - Kerala
- Theriophonum manickamiiMurugan & K.Natarajan - Tamil Nadu
- Theriophonum minutum(Willd.) Baill. - central and southern India, Sri Lanka. Also known as Theriophonum crenatum
- Theriophonum sivaganganum(Ramam. & Sebastine) Bogner - Tamil Nadu
Zenkeria is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.
Tripogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Dimeria is a genus of Asian, Australian, Madagascan, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. Many of the species are endemic to India.
Isachne is a widespread genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. They may be known generally as bloodgrasses.
Sri Lankan Tamils in India mainly refer to Tamil people of Sri Lankan origin in India and non-resident Sri Lankan Tamil. They are partly who migrated to India and their descendants and mostly refugees from Sri Lanka because of the concluded Sri Lankan Civil War. In general socio economically they are living below poverty line, except few people who settled in India during early times, rich businessmen, and professionals. In Tamil Nadu they are also known as Ceylon Tamils or Jaffna Tamils.
Sri Lankans in India mainly refer to Tamil people of Sri Lankan origin in India and non resident Sri Lankans. They are partly who migrated to India and their descendants and mostly refugees from Sri Lanka because of the recently concluded Sri Lankan Civil War. There is also a small population of Sinhalese people in India, numbering about 3,500 and mostly located in Delhi and Chennai. 57 Sri Lankans have become Indian citizens through naturalisation since 2017.
Cathariostachys is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.
- Cathariostachys capitata - eastern Madagascar
- Cathariostachys madagascariensis(A.Camus) S.Dransf. - central Madagascar
Cathariostachys madagascariensis, the Madagascar giant bamboo or volohosy in Malagasy language, is a bamboo species found in Madagascar. It was originally classified as a new species of Cephalostachys by A. Camus in 1925. In 1998, in part due to the prior encouragement of the late Dr. T.R. Soderstrom of the Smithsonian, S. Dransfield reexamined the classification of several bamboos from Madagascar. Dr. S. Dransfield determined that, although sharing many similar characteristics with Cephalostachys,C. capitata and C. madagariensis are distinct from Cephalostachys. She placed both in the new genus Carthariostachys.
Ochlandra stridula, the Ceylon reed-bamboo, reed bamboo or forest bamboo, is a species of bamboo in the grass family). It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It can be found extensively in Ratnapura and Kegalle districts, in waste lands of rainforest and also along stream banks and I in forest gaps.
Soejatmi Dransfield is an Indonesia-born British plant taxonomist specializing in bamboos and currently honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.
