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The tribe Bambuseae comprises around 1,000 species, distributed into numerous tribes, subtribes and about 91 genera:
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Subtribe Arthrostylidiinae
It comprises 12 genera:
- Actinocladum
- Alvimia
- Arthrostylidium
- Athroostachys
- Atractantha
- Aulonemia (Matudacalamus)
- Colanthelia
- Elytrostachys
- Glaziophyton
- Merostachys
- Myriocladus
- Rhipidocladum
Subtribe Arundinariinae
It comprises 17 genera:
- Acidosasa
- Ampelocalamus
- Arundinaria
- Borinda
- Chimonocalamus (Sinarundinaria)
- Drepanostachyum
- Fargesia
- Ferrocalamus
- Gaoligongshania
- Gelidocalamus
- Himalayacalamus
- Indocalamus
- Oligostachyum
- Pseudosasa
- Sasa
- Thamnocalamus
- Yushania
Subtribe Bambusinae
It comprises 10 genera:
- Bambusa (Dendrocalamopsis)
- Bonia (Monocladus)
- Dendrocalamus (Klemachloa, Oreobambos, Oxynanthera, Sinocalamus)
- Gigantochloa
- Dinochloa
- Holttumochloa
- Kinabaluchloa (Maclurochloa, Soejatmia)
- Melocalamus
- Sphaerobambos
- Thyrsostachys
Subtribe Chusqueinae
It comprises 2 genera:
- Chusquea (Dendragrostis, Rettbergia)
- Neurolepis (Planotia)
Subtribe Guaduinae
It comprises 5 recognized genera:
- Apoclada
- Eremocaulon (Criciuma)
- Guadua
- Olmeca
- Otatea
Subtribe Melocanninae
It comprises 9 genera:
- Cephalostachyum
- Davidsea
- Leptocanna
- Melocanna (Beesha)
- Neohouzeaua
- Ochlandra
- Pseudostachyum
- Schizostachyum
- Teinostachyum
Subtribe Nastinae
It comprises 6 genera:
Subtribe Racemobambodinae
It comprises 1 genus:
- Racemobambos (Neomicrocalamus, Vietnamosasa)
Subtribe Shibataeinae
It comprises 9 genera:
- Brachystachyum
- Chimonobambusa
- Indosasa
- Phyllostachys
- Qiongzhuea
- Semiarundinaria
- Shibataea
- Sinobambusa
- Temburongia (incertae sedis)
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