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''Sirochloa'' 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
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 ...
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 ...
.Dransfield, S. 2002. ''Sirochloa'', a new bamboo genus from Madagascar (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). Kew Bulletin 57(4): 963–970.
/ref>Tropicos, ''Sirochloa parvifolia'' (Munro) S. Dransf.
/ref> ;Species There is only one known species, ''Sirochloa parvifolia'', found in
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and in nearby
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and
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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15963796, from2=Q15528455 Bambusoideae Flora of the Western Indian Ocean Bambusoideae genera Monotypic Poaceae genera