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This treatment of Bambusoideae includes extensive and detailed contributions from Lynn G. Clark (Iowa State University). All remaining errors and misinterpretations are mine.
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Kellogg, E.A. (2015). V. Subfamily Bambusoideae Luerss. (1893). In: Flowering Plants. Monocots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15332-2_19
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