Schizostachyum is a tall or shrub-like tropical genus of bamboo. They are natives mostly of tropical Asia and Papuasia, with a few species in Madagascar and on certain islands in the Pacific. A few have become naturalized in other tropical regions.

Description

The genus name comes from Greek schistos ("cleft") and stachys ("spike"), referring to the spacing of spikelets. These are clumping, sometimes climbing woody bamboos, with terete culm-internodes and short, thick (pachymorph), perennial rhizomes.

Species

The following are included in Plants of the World Online: • # Schizostachyum aciculare - Borneo, Malaysia, Indochina • # Schizostachyum aequiramosum - Java • # Schizostachyum alopecurus - New Guinea • # Schizostachyum andamanicum - Andaman Islands • # Schizostachyum arunachalensis - Arunachal Pradesh • # Schizostachyum atrocingulare - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum auriculatum - Guangxi • # Schizostachyum bamban - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum beddomei - India • # Schizostachyum blumei Nees - from Vietnam to Java - type species • # Schizostachyum brachycladum - from Vietnam to Java • # Schizostachyum brachythyrsus - New Guinea • # Schizostachyum castaneum - Bali • # Schizostachyum caudatum - Java, Sumatra • # Schizostachyum chinense - Yunnan • # Schizostachyum copelandii - New Guinea • # Schizostachyum coradatum - Jiangxi • # Schizostachyum cornutum - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum curranii - Philippines • # Schizostachyum cuspidatum - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum diaoluoshanense - Hainan • # Schizostachyum distans - Myanmar • # Schizostachyum dullooa - Eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam • # Schizostachyum dumetorum - Guangdong, Jiangxi • # Schizostachyum flexuosum - Borneo • # Schizostachyum funghomii - Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam; naturalized in Honduras, Puerto Rico • # Schizostachyum glaucifolium - Marquesas • #Schizostachyum glaucocladum - Kalimantan • # Schizostachyum gracile - Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum grande - Laos, Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum griffithii - Assam, Myanmar • # Schizostachyum hainanense - Hainan, Vietnam • # Schizostachyum hantu - Sarawak • # Schizostachyum insulare - Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum iraten - Java • # Schizostachyum jaculans - Hainan, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum kalpongianum - Andaman Islands • # Schizostachyum khoonmengii - Brunei • # Schizostachyum kuisingii K.M.Wong - Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum langbianense V.T.Tran, N.H.Xia & H.N.Nguyen - Vietnam • # Schizostachyum latifolium - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum lengguanii - Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum lima - Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands • # Schizostachyum lumampao - Philippines • # Schizostachyum lutescens - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum mampouw - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum mannii - Assam • # Schizostachyum nghianum N.H.Xia & V.T.Tran • # Schizostachyum ninhthuanense N.H.Xia, V.T.Tran & H.N.Nguyen - Vietnam • # Schizostachyum pergracile (Munro) R.B.Majumdar • # Schizostachyum perrieri - Madagascar • # Schizostachyum pilosum - Sabah • # Schizostachyum pingbianense - Yunnan • # Schizostachyum pleianthemum - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum pseudolima - Hainan, Vietnam • # Schizostachyum rogersii - Myanmar, Andaman Islands • # Schizostachyum sanguineum - Yunnan • #Schizostachyum seshagirianum - Arunachal Pradesh • # Schizostachyum silicatum - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum terminale - Peninsular Malaysia • # Schizostachyum tessellatum - Solomon Islands • # Schizostachyum textorium - Philippines • # Schizostachyum undulatum - Sumatra • # Schizostachyum wanshishanense - Fujian • # Schizostachyum warburgii - Maluku • # Schizostachyum whitei - New Guinea • #Schizostachyum yalyense - Vietnam • # Schizostachyum zollingeri - from Vietnam to Java see Bambusa Cephalostachyum Cyrtochloa Dendrocalamus Dinochloa Eremocaulon Gigantochloa Nastus Neohouzeaua Pseudostachyum Pseudoxytenanthera Sirochloa • Schizostachyum acutiflorum - Dinochloa acutiflora • Schizostachyum annulatum - Bambusa distegia • Schizostachyum apus - Gigantochloa apus • Schizostachyum bitung - Dendrocalamus asper • Schizostachyum bosseri - Sirochloa parvifolia • Schizostachyum brassii - Bambusa riparia • Schizostachyum burmanicum - Cephalostachyum burmanicum • Schizostachyum capitatum - Eremocaulon capitatum • Schizostachyum chilianthum - Nastus elegantissimus • Schizostachyum dielsianum - Dinochloa dielsiana • Schizostachyum diffusum - Dinochloa diffusa • Schizostachyum dumosum - Dendrocalamus dumosus • Schizostachyum durie - Bambusa spinosa • Schizostachyum elegans - Dendrocalamus elegans • Schizostachyum elegantissimum - Nastus elegantissimus • Schizostachyum fenixii - Cyrtochloa fenixii • Schizostachyum flavescens - Cephalostachyum flavescens • Schizostachyum fuchsianum - Cephalostachyum latifolium • Schizostachyum hasskarlianum - Gigantochloa hasskarliana • Schizostachyum helferi - Neohouzeaua helferi • Schizostachyum hindostanicum - Pseudoxytenanthera ritcheyi • Schizostachyum kurzii - Pseudobambusa schizostachyoides • Schizostachyum leviculme - Pseudostachyum polymorphum • Schizostachyum loriforme - Dendrocalamus asper • Schizostachyum luzonicum - Cyrtochloa luzonica • Schizostachyum munroi - Cephalostachyum capitatum • Schizostachyum palawanense - Dinochloa palawanensis • Schizostachyum pallidum - Cephalostachyum pallidum • Schizostachyum parvifolium - Sirochloa parvifolia • Schizostachyum pergracile - Cephalostachyum pergracile • Schizostachyum polymorphum - Pseudostachyum polymorphum • Schizostachyum scandens - Cephalostachyum scandens • Schizostachyum serpentinum - Gigantochloa nigrociliata • Schizostachyum sharmae - Cephalostachyum latifolium • Schizostachyum strictum - Neohouzeaua stricta • Schizostachyum subcordatum - Dendrocalamus pendulus • Schizostachyum tavoyanum - Neohouzeaua tavoyana • Schizostachyum toppingii - Cyrtochloa toppingii • Schizostachyum virgatum - Cephalostachyum virgatum Some also include the genus Leptocanna in this genus.