Bamboo Systematics And Taxonomy
BOP clade Bambusoideae Bambuseae (tropical woody bamboos) Olyreae (herbaceous bamboos) Arundinarieae (temperate woody bamboos) Pooideae Oryzoideae Phylogeny of the bamboo within the BOP clade of grasses, as suggested by analyses of the whole of Poaceae and of the bamboos in particular. Bamboos have long been considered the most primitive grasses, mostly because of the presence of…