''Nastus'' 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 slender, erect, scrambling or climbing

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...

s in the grass family. It is native to

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises th ...

, and certain islands in the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

(

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

and

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). ;SpeciesThe Plant List
/ref> ;formerly included see '' Arundinaria, Bambusa, Cathariostachys,

Cenchrus ''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. Comm ...

Chusquea ''Chusquea'' is a genus of evergreen bamboos in the grass family. Most of them are native to mountain habitats in Latin America, from Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina. They are sometimes referred to as South American mountain bamboos. Unl ...

, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Guadua, Melocanna,'' and '' Thamnocalamus''

References

External links

Bor, N. L. (1972) A new species of ''Nastus'' from New Guinea Plant Systematics and Evolution, 120 (1-2). pp. 87-91. ISSN 0378-2697Camus, A. 1937. ''Nastus Humberlianus'' Bambou nouveau de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. Vol. 84 (3) 1937
{{Taxonbar, from=Q559087 Bambusoideae genera Flora of the Indomalayan realm Flora of Papuasia Flora of the Western Indian Ocean Bambusoideae