Schizostachyum

Schizostachyum
ʻOhe (Schizostachyum glaucifolium)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Schizostachyum
Nees
Type species
Schizostachyum blumei
Synonyms
  • Dendrochloa C.E.Parkinson
  • Teinostachyum Munro

Schizostachyum is a tall or shrub-like tropical genus of bamboo. They are natives mostly of tropical Asia and Papuasia, with a few species in Madagascar and on certain islands in the Pacific. A few have become naturalized in other tropical regions.