# Nastus
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{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{For|the insect genus|Nastus (beetle)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = NastusBorbonicus.JPG
|image_caption = ''[Nastus borbonicus](/source/Nastus_borbonicus)''
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Nastus
|authority = [Juss.](/source/Antoine_Laurent_de_Jussieu)[{{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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=28 February 2026}}]
|type_species_authority = [J.F.Gmel.](/source/J.F.Gmel.)[{{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}}]
|type_species = ''[Nastus borbonicus](/source/Nastus_borbonicus)''
|synonyms_ref = {{R|powo}}
|synonyms = * ''Oreiostachys'' Gamble
* ''Stemmatospermum'' P.Beauv.
}}
'''''Nastus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family [Poaceae](/source/Poaceae). It includes 12 species native to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) and [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union).{{R|powo}}
The genus was erected by French botanist [Antoine Laurent de Jussieu](/source/Antoine_Laurent_de_Jussieu) in 1789.[{{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}}][{{cite web |title=!''Nastus'' Juss. |url=https://www.tropicos.org/name/40025402 |website=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=3 March 2026}}]
==Species==
12 species are accepted.[
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*''[Nastus ambrensis](/source/Nastus_ambrensis)'' A. Camus – [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)
*''[Nastus aristatus](/source/Nastus_aristatus)'' A. Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus borbonicus](/source/Nastus_borbonicus)'' J.F. Gmel. – [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union)
*''[Nastus decaryanus](/source/Nastus_decaryanus)'' A. Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus elongatus](/source/Nastus_elongatus)'' A. Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus emirnensis](/source/Nastus_emirnensis)'' (Baker) A. Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus humbertianus](/source/Nastus_humbertianus)'' A. Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus lokohoensis](/source/Nastus_lokohoensis)'' A. Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus madagascariensis](/source/Nastus_madagascariensis)'' A.Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus manongarivensis](/source/Nastus_manongarivensis)'' A.Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus perrieri](/source/Nastus_perrieri)'' A. Camus – Madagascar
*''[Nastus tsaratananensis](/source/Nastus_tsaratananensis)'' A. Camus – Madagascar
}}
===Formerly included===
See ''[Arundinaria](/source/Arundinaria), [Bambusa](/source/Bambusa), [Cathariostachys](/source/Cathariostachys), [Cenchrus](/source/Cenchrus), [Chloothamnus](/source/Chloothamnus), [Chusquea](/source/Chusquea), [Dendrocalamus](/source/Dendrocalamus), [Dinochloa](/source/Dinochloa), [Gigantochloa](/source/Gigantochloa), [Guadua](/source/Guadua), [Melocanna](/source/Melocanna), [Ruhooglandia](/source/Ruhooglandia), [Thamnocalamus](/source/Thamnocalamus)'', and ''[Widjajachloa](/source/Widjajachloa)''.
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* ''N. arundinaceus'' – ''[Bambusa bambos](/source/Bambusa_bambos)''
* ''N. baccifera'' – ''[Melocanna baccifera](/source/Melocanna_baccifera)''
* ''N. barbatus'' – ''[Guadua tagoara](/source/Guadua_tagoara)''
* ''N. brunneus'' – ''[Chusquea baculifera](/source/Chusquea_baculifera)''
* ''N. capitatus'' – ''[Cathariostachys capitata](/source/Cathariostachys_capitata)''
* ''N. carolinianus'' – ''[Cenchrus spinifex](/source/Cenchrus_spinifex)''
* ''N. chusque'' – ''[Chusquea scandens](/source/Chusquea_scandens)''
* ''N. elatoides'' – ''[Chloothamus elatoides](/source/Chloothamus_elatoides)''
* ''N. elatus'' – ''[Chloothamnus elatus](/source/Chloothamnus_elatus)''
* ''N. elegantissimus'' – ''[Chloothamnus elegantissimus](/source/Chloothamnus_elegantissimus)''
* ''N. glaucus'' – ''[Chloothamnus glaucus](/source/Chloothamnus_glaucus)''
* ''N. guadua'' – ''[Guadua angustifolia](/source/Guadua_angustifolia)''
* ''N. holttumianus'' – ''[Chloothamnus holttumianus](/source/Chloothamnus_holttumianus)''
* ''N. hooglandii'' – ''[Ruhooglandia hooglandii](/source/Ruhooglandia_hooglandii)''
* ''N. latifolius'' – ''[Guadua latifolia](/source/Guadua_latifolia)''
* ''N. longispicula'' – ''[Chloothamnus longispiculus](/source/Chloothamnus_longispiculus)''
* ''N. macrospermus'' – ''[Arundinaria gigantea](/source/Arundinaria_gigantea)''
* ''N. obtusus'' – ''[Chloothamnus obtusus](/source/Chloothamnus_obtusus)''
* ''N. productus'' – ''[Widjajachloa producta](/source/Widjajachloa_producta)''
* ''N. prolifer'' – ''[Chusquea quila](/source/Chusquea_quila)''
* ''N reholttumianus'' – ''[Chloothamnus reholttumianus](/source/Chloothamnus_reholttumianus)''
* ''N. rudimentifer'' – ''[Chloothamnus rudimentifer](/source/Chloothamnus_rudimentifer)''
* ''N. schlechteri'' – ''[Chloothamnus schlechteri](/source/Chloothamnus_schlechteri)''
* ''N. schmutzii'' – ''[Chloothamnus schmutzii](/source/Chloothamnus_schmutzii)''
* ''N. quila'' – ''[Chusquea quila](/source/Chusquea_quila)''
* ''N. strictus'' – ''[Dendrocalamus strictus](/source/Dendrocalamus_strictus)''
* ''N. tessellatus'' – ''[Thamnocalamus tessellatus](/source/Thamnocalamus_tessellatus)''
* ''N. thouarsii'' – ''[Bambusa vulgaris](/source/Bambusa_vulgaris)''
* ''N. tjankorreh'' – ''[Dinochloa scandens](/source/Dinochloa_scandens)''
* ''N. verticillatus'' – ''[Gigantochloa verticillata](/source/Gigantochloa_verticillata)''
* ''N. viviparus'' – ''[Bambusa vulgaris](/source/Bambusa_vulgaris)''
}}
==References==
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==External links==
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*[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
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