{{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.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Nastus'' Juss. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329923-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 February 2026}}</ref> |type_species_authority = J.F.Gmel.<ref name="IPNI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/329923-2 |title=''Nastus'' Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 34 (1789) |website=International Plant Names Index (IPNI) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2026 |access-date=3 March 2026}}</ref> |type_species = ''Nastus borbonicus'' |synonyms_ref = {{R|powo}} |synonyms = * ''Oreiostachys'' <small>Gamble</small> * ''Stemmatospermum'' <small>P.Beauv.</small> }}
'''''Nastus''''' is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family Poaceae. It includes 12 species native to Madagascar and Réunion.{{R|powo}}
The genus was erected by French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789.<ref name="JUSSIEU">{{cite book |last1=Jussieu |first1=Antoine Laurent de |title=Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu Genera plantarum |date=1789 |publisher=Herissant et Theophilum Barrois |location=Paris |page=34 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5437268 |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=la}}</ref><ref name="TROPICOS">{{cite web |title=!''Nastus'' Juss. |url=https://www.tropicos.org/name/40025402 |website=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=3 March 2026}}</ref>
==Species== 12 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''Nastus ambrensis'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus aristatus'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus borbonicus'' <small>J.F. Gmel.</small> – Réunion *''Nastus decaryanus'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus elongatus'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus emirnensis'' <small>(Baker) A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus humbertianus'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus lokohoensis'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus madagascariensis'' <small>A.Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus manongarivensis'' <small>A.Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus perrieri'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar *''Nastus tsaratananensis'' <small>A. Camus</small> – Madagascar }} ===Formerly included=== See ''Arundinaria, Bambusa, Cathariostachys, Cenchrus, Chloothamnus, Chusquea, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Guadua, Melocanna, Ruhooglandia, Thamnocalamus'', and ''Widjajachloa''. {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * ''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. elatoides'' – ''Chloothamus elatoides'' * ''N. elatus'' – ''Chloothamnus elatus'' * ''N. elegantissimus'' – ''Chloothamnus elegantissimus'' * ''N. glaucus'' – ''Chloothamnus glaucus'' * ''N. guadua'' – ''Guadua angustifolia'' * ''N. holttumianus'' – ''Chloothamnus holttumianus'' * ''N. hooglandii'' – ''Ruhooglandia hooglandii'' * ''N. latifolius'' – ''Guadua latifolia'' * ''N. longispicula'' – ''Chloothamnus longispiculus'' * ''N. macrospermus'' – ''Arundinaria gigantea'' * ''N. obtusus'' – ''Chloothamnus obtusus'' * ''N. productus'' – ''Widjajachloa producta'' * ''N. prolifer'' – ''Chusquea quila'' * ''N reholttumianus'' – ''Chloothamnus reholttumianus'' * ''N. rudimentifer'' – ''Chloothamnus rudimentifer'' * ''N. schlechteri'' – ''Chloothamnus schlechteri'' * ''N. schmutzii'' – ''Chloothamnus schmutzii'' * ''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'' }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://repository.ias.ac.in/29796/1/391.pdf Bor, N. L. (1972) A new species of ''Nastus'' from New Guinea Plant Systematics and Evolution, 120 (1-2). pp. 87-91. ISSN 0378-2697] *[http://rfcarchives.org.au/Next/PeoplePlaces/EdibleLeavesPNG5-88.htm The Archives of the Rare Fruit Council of Australia] *[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00378941.1937.10837380 Camus, A. 1937. ''Nastus Humberlianus'' Bambou nouveau de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. Vol. 84 (3) 1937]
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Category:Bambusoideae Category:Bambusoideae genera Category:Flora of the Western Indian Ocean Category:Taxa named by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu