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The 'Bambusoideae' is a subfamily of the true grass family Poaceae.

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Subdivisions

Subdivisions

It is divided into two groups: the Oryzodae and the Bambusodae. It has 13 tribes, as following:

★ Oryzodae

★ :This group is also separated into subfamily Oryzaceae.

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★ Tribe Anomochloeae

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★ :This tribe is also separated to form subfamily Anomochlooideae. There is one genus: ''Anomochloa''.

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★ Tribe Diarrheneae

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★ :There is one genus: ''Diarrhena''.

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★ Tribe Ehrharteae

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★ :There are four genera: ''Ehrharta, Microlaena, Petriella, Tetrarrhena''.

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★ Tribe Olyreae

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★ :There are 20 genera: ''Agnesia, Arberella, Buergersiochloa, Cryptochloa, Diandrolyra, Ekmanochloa, Froesiochloa, Lithachne'' (also placed in Oryzeae), ''Maclurolyra, Mniochloa, Olyra (plant), Pariana, Parodiolyra, Piresia, Piresiella, Raddia, Raddiella, Rehia, Reitzia, Sucrea''.

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★ Tribe Oryzeae

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★ :This tribe also forms subfamily Oryzoideae. It has 13 genera: ''Chikusichloa, Hydrochloa, Hygroryza, Leersia, Luziola, Maltebrunia, Oryza, Porteresia, Potamophila, Prosphytochloa, Rhynchoryza, Zizania, Zizaniopsis''.

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★ Tribe Phaenospermatae

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★ :There is 1 genus in this tribe: ''Phaenosperma''.

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★ Tribe Phareae

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★ :There are 4 genera: ''Leptaspis, Pharus, Scrotochloa, Suddia''.

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★ Tribe Phyllorhachideae

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★ :This tribe has 2 genera: ''Humbertochloa, Phyllorhachis''.

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★ Tribe Streptochaeteae

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★ :There is one genus: ''Streptochaeta''.

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★ Tribe Streptogyneae

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★ :This tribe only has one genus: ''Streptogyna''.

★ Bambosodae

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★ Tribe Bambuseae

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★ :This tribe comprises woody bamboos (or hardy bamboos). There are 91 genera, distributed into several subtribes:

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★ Subtribe Arthrostylidiinae

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★ :Comprises 13 genera: ''Actinocladum, Alvimia, Apoclada, Arthrostylidium, Athroostachys, Atractantha, Aulonemia'' (''Matudacalamus''), ''Colanthelia, Elytrostachys, Glaziophyton, Merostachys, Myriocladus, Rhipidocladum''.

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★ Subtribe Arundinariinae

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★ :Comprises 16 genera: ''Acidosasa, Ampelocalamus, Arundinaria, Borinda, Chimonocalamus, Drepanostachyum'' (''Himalayacalamus''), ''Fargesia, Ferrocalamus, Gaoligongshania, Gelidocalamus, Indocalamus, Oligostachyum, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Thamnocalamus, Yushania''.

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★ Subtribe Bambusinae

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★ :Comprises 10 genera: ''Bambusa'' (''Dendrocalamopsis''), ''Bonia'' (''Monocladus''), ''Dendrocalamus'' (''Klemachloa, Oreobambos, Oxynanthera'' or ''Sinocalamus''), ''Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Holttumochloa, Kinabaluchloa'' (''Maclurochloa, Soejatmia''), ''Melocalamus, Sphaerobambos, Thyrsostachys''.

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★ Subtribe Chusqueinae

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★ :Comprises 2 genera: ''Chusquea, Neurolepis''.

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★ Subtribe Guaduinae

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★ :Comprises 5 genera: ''Criciuma, Eremocaulon, Guadua, Olmeca, Otatea''.

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★ Subtribe Melocanninae

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★ :Comprises 9 genera: ''Cephalostachyum, Davidsea, Leptocanna, Melocanna, Neohouzeaua, Ochlandra, Pseudostachyum, Schizostachyum, Teinostachyum''.

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★ Subtribe Nastinae

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★ :Comprises 6 genera: ''Decaryochloa, Greslania, Hickelia, Hitchcockella, Nastus, Perrierbambus''.

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★ Subtribe Racemobambodinae

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★ :Comprises one genus: ''Racemobambos'' (''Neomicrocalamus, Vietnamosasa'')

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★ Subtribe Shibataeinae

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★ :Comprises 8 genera: ''Chimonobambusa, Indosasa, Phyllostachys, Qiongzhuea, Semiarundianria'' (''Brachystachyum''), ''Shibataea, Sinobambusa, Temburongia'' (incertae sedis).

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★ Tribe Guaduelleae

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★ :There is one genus: ''Guaduella''.

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★ Tribe Puelieae

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★ :There is one genus: ''Puelia''.