Nastus

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{For|the insect genus|Nastus (beetle)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = NastusBorbonicus.JPG

|image_caption = Nastus borbonicus

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Nastus

|authority = Juss.

|type_species_authority = J.F.Gmel.

|type_species = Nastus borbonicus

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=425605 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Stemmatospermum P.Beauv.
• Oreiostachys Gamble

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Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5437268#page/129/mode/1up Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 34] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025402 Tropicos, Nastus Juss.] It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Réunion).Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world: annotated nomenclature and literature of the species and the higher and lower taxa. Bamboos World 1–585

;Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Poaceae/Nastus/ The Plant List]

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1. Nastus ambrensis A. Camus - Madagascar
2. Nastus aristatus A. Camus - Madagascar
3. Nastus borbonicus J.F. Gmel. - Réunion
4. Nastus decaryanus A. Camus - Madagascar
5. Nastus elatoides Widjaja - New Guinea
6. Nastus elatus Holttum - Papua New Guinea
7. Nastus elegantissimus (Hassk.) Holttum - Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
8. Nastus elongatus A. Camus - Madagascar
9. Nastus emirnensis (Baker) A. Camus - Madagascar
10. Nastus glaucus Widjaja - New Guinea
11. Nastus holttumianus Bor - western New Guinea
12. Nastus hooglandii Holttum - Papua New Guinea
13. Nastus humbertianus A. Camus - Madagascar
14. Nastus lokohoensis A. Camus - Madagascar
15. Nastus longispicula Holttum - Papua New Guinea
16. Nastus madagascariensis A.Camus - Madagascar
17. Nastus manongarivensis A.Camus - Madagascar
18. Nastus obtusus Holttum - New Guinea
19. Nastus perrieri A. Camus - Madagascar
20. Nastus productus (Pilg.) Holttum - New Guinea
21. Nastus reholttumianus Soenarko - Sumba Island in Indonesia
22. Nastus rudimentifer Holttum - New Guinea
23. Nastus schlechteri (Pilg.) Holttum - New Guinea
24. Nastus schmutzii S. Dransf. - Flores Island in Indonesia
25. Nastus tsaratananensis A. Camus - Madagascar

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;formerly included

see Arundinaria, Bambusa, Cathariostachys, Cenchrus, Chusquea, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Guadua, Melocanna, and Thamnocalamus

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• N. arundinaceus - Bambusa bambos
• N. baccifera - Melocanna baccifera
• N. barbatus - Guadua tagoara
• N. brunneus - Chusquea baculifera
• N. capitatus - Cathariostachys capitata
• N. carolinianus - Cenchrus spinifex
• N. chusque - Chusquea scandens
• N. guadua - Guadua angustifolia
• N. latifolius - Guadua latifolia
• N. macrospermus - Arundinaria gigantea
• N. prolifer - Chusquea quila
• N. quila - Chusquea quila
• N. strictus - Dendrocalamus strictus
• N. tessellatus - Thamnocalamus tessellatus
• N. thouarsii - Bambusa vulgaris
• N. tjankorreh - Dinochloa scandens
• N. verticillatus - Gigantochloa verticillata
• N. viviparus - Bambusa vulgaris

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