Melocalamus

Melocalamus Benth., 1883

  • Type: Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth., 1883

  • 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].

  • References: J. X. Liu & al., Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 146, 2020 [#1351]; J. Y. Shi & al., Melocalamus, in: Illus. Fl. Bambusoideae China, 2020: p. 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8580-2_3-1 [#1328].

  • Distinctive characteristics: Spikelets with 2 glumes and 2 florets; fruit a globose berrylike caryopsis; culms climbing (not winding). — Table 1 in J. X. Liu & al., Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 146, 2020 [#1351].