A Review on Bamboo Resource in the African Region: A Call for Special Focus and Action
Table 2
A complete checklist and the scientific names of bamboo species in the African region.
No.
Species name
1
Bambusa balcooa Roxb.
2
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss and Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.
3
Bambusa beecheyana Munro
4
+Bambusa birmanica
5
Bambusa burmanica Gamble
6
Bambusa dissimulator McClure
7
Bambusa emeiensis L. C. Chia and H. L. Fung
8
Bambusa heterostachya (Munro) Holttum
9
Bambusa lako Widjaja
10
Bambusa multiplex ՝Albovariegata՛ and Bambusa multiplex ՝Silverstripe՛ Fernleaf՛
11
Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult. f., Bambusa multiplex f. alphonse-karrii (Mitford ex Satow) Nakai, or Bambusa multiplex Roxb.
12
Bambusa nutans Wall. ex Munro
13
Bambusa oldhamii Munro
14
Bambusa pachinensis Hayata and Bambusa textilis var. fusca McClure
15
Bambusa pervariabilis McClure
16
Bambusa polymorpha Munro
17
Bambusa spinosa Roxb and Bambusa blumeana Schult. f.
18
Bambusa teres Munro
19
Bambusa textilis McClure
20
Bambusa tulda Roxb.
21
Bambusa ventricosa McClure
22
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl., Bambusa madagascariensis Rivière and C. Rivière, Bambusa striata Lodd. ex Lindl., +Bambusa vulgaris var. green, Bambusa vulgaris var. striata (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Gamble, and Bambusa vulgaris var. vittata Rivière and C. Rivière
23
+Bambusa warmin
24
Bergbambos tessellata (Nees) Stapleton and Thamnocalamus tessellatus (Nees) Soderstr. and R. P. Ellis
25
+Brachystachyum stellatus
26
Cathariostachys capitata (Kunth) S. Dransf.
27
Cathariostachys madagascariensis (A. Camus) S. Dransf.
28
Cephalostachyum chapelieri Munro
29
Cephalostachyum perrieri A. Camus
30
Cephalostachyum sp.
31
Cephalostachyum viguieri A. Camus
32
Dayeteng spp.
33
Decaryochloa diadelpha A. Camus
34
Dendrocalamus asper (Schult. Schult. f.) Backer ex K. Heyne
35
Dendrocalamus barbatus Hsueh and D. Z. Li
36
Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz and Bambusa brandisii Munro
37
Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro
38
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees and Arn. ex Munro
39
Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro
40
Dendrocalamus longispathus (Kurz) Kurz
41
Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro
42
Dendrocalamus peculiaris Hsueh and D. Z. Li
43
Dendrocalamus sinicus L. C. Chia and J. L. Sun
44
Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
45
Fargesia robusta T. P. Yi
46
Gelidocalamus stellatus T. H. Wen
47
Gigantochloa albociliata (Munro) Kurz
48
Gigantochloa apus (Schult. f.) Kurz
49
Gigantochloa atter (Hassk.) Kurz
50
+Gigantochloa bali white
51
Gigantochloa felix (Keng) Keng f. and Oxytenanthera felix Keng
52
Gigantochloa luteostriata Widjaja
53
+Gigantochloa malay dwarf
54
+Gigantochloa sumatra
55
Gigantochloa verticillata (Willd.) Munro and +Gigantochloa aff. pseudoarundinacea
56
Guadua amplexifolia J. Presl in C. B. Presl
57
Guadua angustifolia Kunth
58
Guadua chacoensis (Rojas Acosta) Londoño and P. M. Peterson
59
Guaduella densiflora Pilger ap. Engler
60
Guaduella dichroa T. A. Cope
61
Guaduella humilis W. D. Clayton
62
Guaduella macrostachys (K. Schumann) Pilger
63
Guaduella marantifolia Franchet
64
Guaduella oblonga Hutchinson ex W. D. Clayton
65
Hickelia africana S. Dransf.
66
Hickelia alaotrensis A. Camus
67
Hickelia madagascariensis A. Camus
68
Hickelia perrieri (A. Camus) S. Dransf.
69
Hitchcockella baronii A. Camus
70
Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz and Melocanna bambusoides Trin. in K. P. J. Sprengel
71
Nastus ambrensis A. Camus
72
Nastus aristatus A. Camus
73
Nastus borbonicus J. F. Gmel.
74
Nastus decaryanus A. Camus
75
Nastus elongatus A. Camus
76
Nastus emirnensis (Baker) A. Camus
77
Nastus humbertianus A. Camus
78
Nastus lokohoensis A. Camus
79
Nastus madagascariensis A. Camus
80
Nastus manongarivensis A. Camus
81
Nastus perrieri A. Camus
82
Nastus tsaratananensis A. Camus
83
+Nuomizhu xiaoyeteng
84
Ochlandra capitata (Kunth) Camus
85
Ochlandra travancorica (Bedd.) Gamble
86
Oldeania alpina (K. Schum.) Stapleton, Arundinaria alpina K. Schum., Yushania alpina (K. Schum.) W. C. Linor, and Sinarundinaria alpina (K. Schum.) C. S. Chao and Renvoize
87
Olyra latifolia L.
88
Oreobambos buchwaldii K. Schum.
89
Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro and Oxytenanthera braunii Pilg.
90
Perrierbambus madagascariensis A. Camus
91
Perrierbambus tsarasaotrensis A. Camus
92
Phyllostachys aurea (André) Rivière and C. Rivière
93
Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) J. Houz, Phyllostachys pubescens (Pradelle) Mazel ex J. Houz., Phyllostachys heterocycla var. pubescens (Pradelle) Ohwi, or Bambusa edulis Carrière
94
Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Mitford) Rendle
95
Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai and Sasa pygmaea (Miq.) Rehder
96
Pseudosasa amabilis (McClure) Keng f. and Arundinaria amabilis McClure
97
Pseudosasa japonica (Siebold and zucc. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai
98
+Puelia atractocarpa
99
Schizostachyum jaculans Holttum
100
Schizostachyum pergracile (Munro) R. B. Majumdar in S. Karthikeyan et al. and Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro
101
Schizostachyum perrieri A. Camus
102
Shibataea chinensis Nakai
103
Shibataea kumasaca (Zoll. ex Steud.) Makino
104
Sirochloa parvifolia (Munro) S. Dransf., Schizostachyum parvifolium Munro, or Schizostachyum bosseri A. Camus
105
Thamnocalamus ibityensis (A. Camus) Ohrnb.
106
Thamnocalamus sp.
107
Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble
108
Valiha diffusa S. Dransf.
109
Valiha perrieri (A. Camus) S. Dransf and Ochlandra perrieri A. Camus
Note. Most recently accepted scientific names are provided in the bamboo species checklist following Phillips [2], Ohrnberger [1], Wu et al. [3], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], and Clayton et al. [19]. The most commonly used taxonomic synonyms and varieties are indicated with asterisks. Incomplete scientific names due to inadequate information are further illustrated with cross marks.
