Return to Floras of India CatalogueThe Bamboos of the World--a preliminary study of the names and distribution of the Herbaceous and woody bamboos (Bambusoideae Nees v. Esenb.). Documented in lists and maps/edited by D. Ohrnberger and J. Goerrings. Reprint. 1990, 1010 p., maps, plates, $165. (This book incorporates all the issues of Bamboos of the World published between 1983 and 1987.)
Contents: Introduction: Introduction to the work. Subfamily bambusoideae, its tribes and genera. Main parts: Genus: 1. Acidosasa. 2. Actinocladum. 3. Ampelocalamus. 4. Apoclada. 5. Arthrostylidium. 6. Athroostachys. 7. Atractantha. 8. Aulonemia. 9. Bashania. 10. Butania. 11. Cephalostachyum. 12. Chimonocalamus. 13. Chusquea. 14. Colanthelia. 15. Decaryochloa. 16. Dendrochloa. 17. Dinochloa. 18. Drepanostachyum. 19. Elytrostachys. 20. Ferrocalamus. 21. Gelidocalamus. 22. Glaziophyton. 23. Hibanobambusa. 24. Hickelia. 25. Himalayacalamus. 26. Hitchcockella. 27. Indosasa. 28. Klemachloa. 29. Leptocanna. 30. Melocalamus. 31. Merostachys. 32. Myriocladus. 33. Neohouzeaua. 34. Neomicrocalamus. 35. Neurolepis. 36. Olmeca. 37. Otatea. 38. Perrierbambus. 39. Phyllostachys. 40. Pleioblastus. 41. Pseudocoix. 42. Pseudostachyum. 43. Qiongzhuea. 44. Racemobambos. 45. Rhipidocladum. 46. Sasa. 47. Sasaella. 48. Sasamorpha. 49. Schizostachyum. 50. Shibataea. 51. Sinobambusa. 52. Swallenochloa. 53. Teinostachyum. 54. Thyrsostachys. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.