What is "bambuseae"

Bambuseae \Bambuseae\ prop. n. A tribe of plants comprising the bamboos.

Syn: tribe Bambuseae. [WordNet 1.5] ||

The Bambuseae are the most diverse tribe of bamboos in the grass family ( Poaceae). It comprises woody species from tropical regions, including some giant bamboos. Their sister group are the small herbaceous bamboos from the tropics in tribe Olyreae, while the temperate woody bamboos ( Arundinarieae) are more distantly related. The Bambuseae fall into two clades, corresponding to species from the Neotropics ( subtribes Arthrostylidiinae, Chusqueinae, and Guaduinae) and from the Paleotropics (subtribes Bambusinae, Hickeliinae, Melocanninae, and Racemobambosinae).

The 68 genera are placed in seven subtribes:

• subtribe Melocanninae: Cephalostachyum, Davidsea, Dendrochloa, Melocanna, Neohouzeaua, Ochlandra, Pseudostachyum, Schizostachyum, Stapletonia, Teinostachyum
• subtribe Hickeliinae: Cathariostachys, Decaryochloa, Hickelia, Hitchcockella, Nastus, Perrierbambus, Sirochloa, Valiha
• subtribe Bambusinae: Bambusa, Bonia, Cyrtochloa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Fimbribambusa, Gigantochloa, Greslania, Holttumochloa, Kinabaluchloa, Maclurochloa, Melocalamus, Mullerochloa, Nianhochloa, Neololeba, Neomicrocalamus, Oreobambos, Oxytenanthera, Parabambusa, Phuphanochloa, Pinga, Pseudobambusa, Pseudoxytenanthera, Soejatmia, Sphaerobambos, Temburongia, Temochloa, Thrysostachys, Vietanamosasa
• subtribe Racemobambosinae: Racemobambos
• subtribe Chusqueinae: Chusquea
• subtribe Guaduinae: Apoclada, Eremocaulon, Guadua, Olmeca, Otatea
• subtribe Arthrostylidiinae: Actinocladum, Alvimia, Arthrostylidium, Athroostachys, Atractantha, Aulonemia, Cambajuva, Didymogonyx, Elytrostachys, Filgueirasia, Glaziophyton, Merostachys, Myriocladus, Rhipidocladum