Valiha (plant)
Valiha is a bamboo genus in the tribe Bambuseae found in Madagascar. The genus is named after a musical instrument, the valiha, which was formerly constructed from the culms of this plant.[1]
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| Type specimen of Valiha diffusa at the MNHN, Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Hickeliinae |
| Genus: | Valiha S.Dransf. |
| Species | |
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Valiha diffusa
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References
- Dransfield, Soejatmi (1998). "Valiha and Cathariostachys, Two New Bamboo Genera (Gramineae-Bambusoideae) from Madagascar". Kew Bulletin. 53 (2): 375–397. doi:10.2307/4114503. JSTOR 4114503.
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