''Greslania'' is a
genus
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of small perennial
bamboos in the
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 ...
,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
, with 4 accepted species.
[Balansa, Benedict. 1873. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 19: 319-320]
descriptions in Latin, commentary and distribution information in French
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Description
''Greslania'' species have woody culms emerging from short, clumping rhizomes. They generally lack lateral branches, instead growing clumps of erect culms reaching in height.
Species
Source:Greslania montana
''Greslania'' is a genus of small perennial bamboo, bamboos in the Poaceae, grass family, endemic (ecology), endemic to New Caledonia, with 4 accepted species. '' Balansa
#'' Greslania multiflora'' Pilg.
# '' Greslania rivularis'' Balansa
References
Bambusoideae genera
Endemic flora of New Caledonia
Bambusoideae
Taxa named by Benjamin Balansa
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