Oxytenanthera

Oxytenanthera abyssinica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Bambuseae
Subtribus: Bambusinae
Genus: Oxytenanthera
Species: O. abyssinica

Name

• Oxytenanthera Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 126 (1868)
• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Scirpobambus Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 1: 509 (1903), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Houzeaubambus Mattei, Boll. Soc. Ort. Mut. Soccor. Palermo 8(6): 84 (1910)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Munro, W. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 126.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Oxytenanthera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Oxytenanthera. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Oxytenanthera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Oxytenanthera. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: African lowland bamboo

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