''Cathariostachys'' is a genus of Madagascan

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grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

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Cathariostachys madagascariensis ''Cathariostachys madagascariensis'', the Madagascar giant bamboo or in Malagasy language, is a bamboo species found in Madagascar. Description The culms are tall and erect, usually between but occasionally reaching up to ; with arching or d ...

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Bambusoideae genera Endemic flora of Madagascar {{bamboo-stub