Melocalamus Benth.

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Vernacular name:
梨藤竹属
Protologue:
G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 1095 (1883); PDF
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Type species:
Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth.
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Distribution:
Assam; Bangladesh; China: Xizang; East Himalaya; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
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Related articles:
Malik, K. C. (1974). Melocalamus Compactiflorus Benth. & Hook. F.-New Record of Flowering in India. Nelumbo, 16(1-4), 166-167.
McClure, F. A. (1936). The bamboo genera, Dinochloa and Melocalamus. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), 1936(4), 251-254.
Nguyen, H. N., & Tran, V. T. (2010). Six new species of Melocalamus (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) from Vietnam. Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 55(2), 129-138.
Das, M. C., Pator, S., Nath, A. J., & Das, A. K. (2014). Gregarious flowering in a climbing bamboo Melocalamus compactiflorus in Assam. Indian Forester, 140(9), 935-936.
Das, M., Nath, A., Singnar, P., & Das, A. (2016). Effect of fruit mass on germination and seedling characteristics of a tropical climbing bamboo melocalamus compactiflorus. J. Plant Chem. Ecophysiol, 1, 1003.
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Included Species:
Melocalamus arrectus T.P.Yi
Melocalamus blaoensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran
Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth.
Melocalamus cordatus (T.H.Wen & Q.H.Dai) D.Z.Li & M.Y.Zhou
Melocalamus cucphuongensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran
Melocalamus elevatissimus Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi
Melocalamus grandiauritus N.H.Xia, Q.M.Qin & J.B.Ni
Melocalamus indicus R.B.Majumdar
Melocalamus kbangensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran
Melocalamus mastersii (Munro) R.B.Majumdar
Melocalamus ningmingensis Ohrnb.
Melocalamus pacoensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran
Melocalamus scandens Hsueh & C.M.Hui
Melocalamus truongsonensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran
Melocalamus yenbaiensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran
Melocalamus yunnanensis (T.H.Wen) T.P.Yi