''Perrierbambus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
Madagascan bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, ...
in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
.
The genus name of ''Perrierbambus'' is in honour of
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (11 August 1873 – 2 October 1958) was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
He is the nephew of Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie, (1825-1916), another botanist, who al ...
(1873–1958), a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.71 on pages 699-700 in 1924.
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# '' Perrierbambus madagascariensis'' A. Camus
# '' Perrierbambus tsarasaotrensis'' A. Camus
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Bambusoideae
Bambusoideae genera
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Plants described in 1924
Taxa named by Aimée Antoinette Camus