Nastus
| Nastus | |
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| Nastus borbonicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Hickeliinae |
| Genus: | Nastus Juss.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nastus borbonicus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[1]
The genus was erected by French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789.[3][4]
Species
[edit]12 species are accepted.[1]
- Nastus ambrensis A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus aristatus A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus borbonicus J.F. Gmel. – Réunion
- Nastus decaryanus A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus elongatus A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus emirnensis (Baker) A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus humbertianus A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus lokohoensis A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus madagascariensis A.Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus manongarivensis A.Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus perrieri A. Camus – Madagascar
- Nastus tsaratananensis A. Camus – Madagascar
Formerly included
[edit]See Arundinaria, Bambusa, Cathariostachys, Cenchrus, Chloothamnus, Chusquea, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Guadua, Melocanna, Ruhooglandia, Thamnocalamus, and Widjajachloa.
- N. arundinaceus – Bambusa bambos
- N. baccifera – Melocanna baccifera
- N. barbatus – Guadua tagoara
- N. brunneus – Chusquea baculifera
- N. capitatus – Cathariostachys capitata
- N. carolinianus – Cenchrus spinifex
- N. chusque – Chusquea scandens
- N. elatoides – Chloothamus elatoides
- N. elatus – Chloothamnus elatus
- N. elegantissimus – Chloothamnus elegantissimus
- N. glaucus – Chloothamnus glaucus
- N. guadua – Guadua angustifolia
- N. holttumianus – Chloothamnus holttumianus
- N. hooglandii – Ruhooglandia hooglandii
- N. latifolius – Guadua latifolia
- N. longispicula – Chloothamnus longispiculus
- N. macrospermus – Arundinaria gigantea
- N. obtusus – Chloothamnus obtusus
- N. productus – Widjajachloa producta
- N. prolifer – Chusquea quila
- N reholttumianus – Chloothamnus reholttumianus
- N. rudimentifer – Chloothamnus rudimentifer
- N. schlechteri – Chloothamnus schlechteri
- N. schmutzii – Chloothamnus schmutzii
- N. quila – Chusquea quila
- N. strictus – Dendrocalamus strictus
- N. tessellatus – Thamnocalamus tessellatus
- N. thouarsii – Bambusa vulgaris
- N. tjankorreh – Dinochloa scandens
- N. verticillatus – Gigantochloa verticillata
- N. viviparus – Bambusa vulgaris
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Nastus Juss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "Nastus Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 34 (1789)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de (1789). Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu Genera plantarum (in Latin). Paris: Herissant et Theophilum Barrois. p. 34. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "!Nastus Juss". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
External links
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Media related to Nastus at Wikimedia Commons
- Bor, N. L. (1972) A new species of Nastus from New Guinea Plant Systematics and Evolution, 120 (1-2). pp. 87-91. ISSN 0378-2697
- The Archives of the Rare Fruit Council of Australia
- Camus, A. 1937. Nastus Humberlianus Bambou nouveau de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. Vol. 84 (3) 1937