Taxonomygeneral list of Bambuseae

The following list is divided into 10 Sub-Tribes and corresponding Genera according to the most
extensive records to date. While bamboo names are always changing, this represents all plants as
named and discovered by the beginning of the year 2000. Many taxonomists consider several of
the species, varieties and cultivars listed to be synonyms with previously identified species. Click on
each of the 10 Sub-Tribes below for a list of Genera and Species (number after Genera).

Plantae                                                   (Kingdom)
Tracheobionta                                       (Sub-Kingdom - vascular plants)
Spermatophyta                                 (Super-Division - seed plants)
   Magnoliophyta                             (Phylum or Division - plants which contains flowering parts whether frequently or not)
       Liliopsida                                  (Class - called monocots, contains most major grains and many tropical plants)
          Commelinidae                        (Sub-Class - absence of septal nectaries and pollinated by bees of wind)
              Cyperales                          (Order contains only two families this and Cyperaceae)
                  Poaceae                          (Family - the grass family, also sometimes called Gramineae)
                      Bambusoideae            (Sub-Family - one of ten Sub-Families)
                           Bambuseae            (Tribe - the only tribe in Bambusoideae with woody bamboos, others are herbaceous)
                               (Sub-Tribe)       (There are 8 to 10 Sub-tribes in the woody bamboos (listed below))
                                   (Genus)         (Between 97 and 111 genera. Beginning of binomial names; capitalize first letter)
                                       (Species)   (Between 1250 and 1450. Second half of binomial name; italics and no caps.)