Gigantochloa

Type (lectotype): Gigantochloa atter (Hassk.) Kurz, 1864; cf. Holttum, 1956

Suprageneric classification: subtribe Bambusinae J. Presl, 1830; tribe Bambuseae Kunth ex Dumort., 1829; subfamily Bambusoideae Luerss., 1893; family Poaceae Barnhart, 1895 (nom. alt.: Gramineae Juss., 1789); superorder Lilianae Takht., 1967; order Poales Small, 1903. — Soreng & al., 2017 [#1252b].

Distribution: N. Bystriakova & al., Bamboo Biodiversity, 2003: map 5 [#1342]

References: J. F. Veldkamp & al., Poaceae (Gramineae), in: Flora of Singapore, Vol. 7, 2019: p. 243 [#1283]; J. X. Liu & al., Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 146, 2020 [#1351]; J. Y. Shi & al., Gigantochloa, in: Illus. Fl. Bambusoideae China, 2020: p. 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8580-2_13-1 [#1328].

Distinctive characteristics: Filaments fused into a tube; stigmas 1; florets with 0 lodicules. — Table 1 in J. X. Liu & al., Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 146, 2020 [#1351].