A Review on Bamboo Resource in the African Region: A Call for Special Focus and Action

Table 3

A checklist of bamboo genera classified into taxonomic tribes in the African region.

No.	Major taxonomic tribes and their respective bamboo genera in the African region		Total number of nations
	Tribe. Arundinarieae		19
	Genus name	Distribution of each genus in the African nations
1	Bergbambos	Lesotho	1
2	Brachystachyum	Nigeria	1
3	Fargesia	Nigeria	1
4	Gelidocalamus	Nigeria	1
5	Oldeania	Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, and Zambia	13
6	Phyllostachys	Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, and Nigeria	6
7	Pleioblastus	Nigeria	1
8	Pseudosasa	Algeria, Morocco and Kenya	3
9	Shibataea	Kenya and Nigeria	2
10	Thamnocalamus	Lesotho and Madagascar	2
11	Yushania	Madagascar	1
		Tribe. Bambuseae	45
12	Bambusa	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, and United Republic of Tanzania	24
13	Cathariostachys	Madagascar	1
14	Cephalostachyum	Madagascar	1
15	Decaryochloa	Madagascar	1
16	Dendrocalamus	Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Réunion, Seychelles, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda	14
17	Gigantochloa	Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Togo	4
18	Guadua	Ethiopia, Ghana, and Uganda	3
19	Hickelia	Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, and United Republic of Tanzania	4
20	Hitchcockella	Madagascar	1
21	Melocanna	Sudan	1
22	Nastus	Madagascar	1
23	Ochlandra	Madagascar	1
24	Oreobambos	Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe	10
25	Oxytenanthera	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe	38
26	Perrierbambus	Madagascar	1
27	Schizostachyum	Ethiopia, Kenya, and Madagascar	3
28	Sirochloa	Comoros and Madagascar	2
29	Thyrsostachys	Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya	3
30	Valiha	Madagascar	1
		Tribe. Guaduelleae	10
31	Guaduella	Angola, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone	10
		Tribe. Olyreae	30
32	Olyra	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe	30
		Tribe. Puelieae	1
33	Puelia	Cameroon	1
		Tribe. Others	1
34	Dayeteng	Nigeria	1
35	Nuomizhu	Nigeria	1

Note. Listed bamboo genera are classified into each taxonomic tribe following Ohrnberger [1], Wu et al. [3], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], and Clayton et al. [19].