Bergbambos

Bergbambos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Genus: Bergbambos
Stapleton (2013)
Species:
B. tessellata
Binomial name
Bergbambos tessellata
(Nees) Stapleton (2013)
Synonyms[2]
  • Arundinaria tessellata (Nees) Munro (1868)
  • Nastus tessellatus Nees (1841)
  • Thamnocalamus tessellatus (Nees) Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis (1982)

Bergbambos tessellata is a bamboo native to the south-eastern highlands of South Africa and Lesotho. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Bergbambos, belonging to the family Poaceae.

Its generic name means "bushy reed", while the specific name means "tiled", an allusion to the rectangular pattern of veins on the leaves. Its common names include mountain bamboo, drakensberg bamboo and bergbamboes and wildebamboes in Afrikaans.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sanbi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Bergbambos Stapleton | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ Stapleton, Chris (2013-08-23). "Bergbambos and Oldeania, new genera of African bamboos (Poaceae, Bambusoideae)". PhytoKeys (25): 87–103. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.25.6026. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3819132. PMID 24198715.