REVISED CHECK LIST OF GRASS SPECIES OF KERALA -II : Subfamily B A M B U S O I D E A E

[32 species and 13 genera under 4 tribes are represented in Kerala State]

Tribe BAMBUSEAE

(7 genera, 24 species)

1.    Arundinaria densifolia Munro

2.    Arundinaria floribunda Thwaites

3.    Arundinaria microphylla Munro

4.    Arundinaria walkeriana Munro

5.    Arundinaria wightiana Nees

6.    Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss - Thorny bamboo – ‘Illymula’

7.    Bambusa vulgaris L. - Golden bamboo – ‘Manjamula’

8.    Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch -- Garden bamboo

9.    Bambusa ventricosa McClure -- Buddha’s Belly bamboo

10. Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees – ‘Kallumula’

11. Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro

12. Ochlandra beddomei Gamble

13. Ochlandra ebracteata Raiz. & Chatterjee

14. Ochlandra keralensis Muktesh, Remesh & Stephen

15. Ochlandra scriptoria (Dennst.) Fischer – ‘Eera’

16. Ochlandra setigera Gamble

17. Ochlandra spirostylis Muktesh, Seetha & Stephen

18. Ochlandra travancorica (Bedd.) Beth. ex Gamble

19. Ochlandra wightii (Munro) Fischer

20. Oxytenanthera bourdillonii Gamble

21. Oxytenanthera monadelpha (Thwaites) Alston

22. Oxytenanthera ritcheyi (Munro) Blatter & McCann

23. Psedoxytenanthera stocksii (Munro) Majumdar

24. Teinostachyum wightii Fischer

Tribe PHAREAE

Leptaspis urceolata (Roxb.) R. Br.

Tribe STREPTOGYNEAE

Streptogyna crinita P. Beauv.

Tribe ORYZEAE

1.    Hygroryza aristata (Retz.) Nees ex Wight & Arn.

2.    Leersia hexandra Sw.

3.    Oryza meyeriana (Zollinger & Moritzi) Baillon 

4.    Oryza officinalis ssp. malampuzhaensis (Krishnasw. Chandras)Tateoka

5.    Oryza rufipogon Griffith

6.    Oryza sativa L.
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Reference should be cited as:

Kiranraj, M. S. (2010 onwards): Revised Checklist of Grass species of Kerala- II subfamily Bambusoideae. In: GRASSNEWS on-line.http://grassnest.blogspot.com