''Greslania'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small perennial
bamboos
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in the case of '' Dendrocalamus sinicus'' ...
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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