What is "nastus"

Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean ( Madagascar and Réunion).

see Arundinaria, Bambusa, Cathariostachys, Cenchrus, Chusquea, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Guadua, Melocanna, and '' Thamnocalamus''

Not to be confused with the genus of bamboo '' Nastus

Nastus is a genus of weevils in the Entiminae subfamily. It includes Nastus fausti Reitter.