Education Ph.D., University of Aberdeen 1991 B.Sc. (For.), University of Aberdeen 1980 Interests Bambusoideae Sino-Himalayan Flora Cultivated bamboo species Research Emphases Contributions to the completion of Sino-Himalayan bamboo flora Molecular phylogeny of Asian bamboos Conservation of Bamboo Biodiversity Email chris@bamboo-identification.co.uk Website http://www.bamboo-identification.co.uk

Selected Publications

• STAPLETON, C.M.A. (1994). Bamboos of Nepal. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, for the Overseas Development Administration. 66pp.; 160 ill. [Online] Available: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/users/djh/ebs
• STAPLETON, C.M.A. (1994). The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I:  Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae).  Edinb. J. Bot. 51(1): 1-32.
• STAPLETON, C.M. A., LI, D.-Z., &  XUE, J.-R. (1997). A new combination in Cephalostachyum with notes on names in Neomicrocalamus (Gramineae–Bambusoideae). Kew Bull. 52(3): 699 - 702.
• XIA, N.H. & STAPLETON, C.M.A. (1997). Typification of Bambusa bambos (Gramineae, Bambusoideae). Kew Bull. 52(3): 693 - 698.
• STAPLETON, C.M.A. (1998). Form and function in the bamboo rhizome. J. Amer. Bamboo Soc.12(1): 21-29
• STAPLETON, C.M.A. (1998). (1366) Proposal to conserve the name Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble against the name Thyrsostachys regia (Munro) Bennet (Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Taxon 47(3): 739-740.
• STAPLETON, C.M.A. (2000). Typification of Indocalamus tessellatus, Phyllostachys bambusoides var albomarginata, Sasa veitchii, and the genus Sasa. Taxon 49(2): 235–238; edited versio  and Erratum in Taxon 49(3): 631.
• STAPLETON, C.M.A. (2000). Bambuseae. In: H. J. Noltie, The Grasses of Bhutan Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 482-515, with 97 illustrations. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & Royal Government of Bhutan.
• HODKINSON, T.R., RENVOIZE, S.A., Ní CHONGHAILE, G., STAPLETON, C.M.A., & CHASE, M. (2000). A comparison of ITS rDNA sequence data and AFLP markers for phylogenetic studies in Phyllostachys (Bambusoideae, Poaceae). J. Plant Res. 113: 259-269
• Stapleton, C. M. A. & Renvoize, S.A. (2001). Proposal to conserve the name Bambusa viridistriata Siebold ex André (Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Taxon 50(3): 911-913.
• BYSTRIAKOVA, N., KAPOS, V., LYSENKO, I. & STAPLETON, C.M.A. (2003). Distribution and conservation status of forest bamboo biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific Region. Biodiversity and Conservation 12(9): 1833-1841
• STAPLETON, C.M.A., & XIA, N.H. (2004).  Qiongzhuea and Dendrocalamopsis (Poaceae-Bambusoideae): publication by description generico-specifico and typification.  Taxon 53: 526-528
• STAPLETON, C.M.A., Ní CHONGHAILE, G. & HODKINSON, T.R. (2004) Sarocalamus, a new Sino-Himalayan bamboo genus (Poaceae–Bambusoideae). Novon 14: 345–349.
• STAPLETON, C.M.A., LI, D. Z., & XIA, N. H. (2005). New combinations for Chinese bamboos (Poaceae, Bambuseae). Novon 15(4): 599-601.
• STAPLETON, C.M.A. (2006). Proposal to conserve the name Arundinaria murieliae Gamble against A. sparsiflora (Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Taxon 55(1):231-232.
• YE, S, XIA, N. H, & STAPLETON, C.M.A. (2006). Relationships between Bambusa species (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 34(5): 417-423.

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Flora of China
Acidosasa	Co-author	published
Ampelocalamus	Co-author	published
Arundinaria	Co-author	published
Bambusa	Co-author	published
Bambusa subg. Bambusa	Co-author	published
Bambusa subg. Dendrocalamopsis	Co-author	published
Bambusa subg. Leleba	Co-author	published
Bambusa subg. Lingnania	Co-author	published
Bonia	Co-author	published
Cephalostachyum	Co-author	published
Chimonobambusa	Co-author	published
Chimonocalamus	Co-author	published
Dendrocalamus	Co-author	published
Drepanostachyum	Co-author	published
Fargesia	Co-author	published
Ferrocalamus	Co-author	published
Gaoligongshania	Co-author	published
Gelidocalamus	Co-author	published
Gigantochloa	Co-author	published
Himalayacalamus	Co-author	published
Indocalamus	Co-author	published
Indosasa	Co-author	published
Melocalamus	Co-author	published
Melocanna	Co-author	published
Neomicrocalamus	Co-author	published
Oligostachyum	Co-author	published
Phyllostachys	Co-author	published
Pleioblastus	Co-author	published
Poaceae	Co-author	published
POACEAE Tribe BAMBUSEAE	Co-author	published
Pseudosasa	Co-author	published
Pseudostachyum	Co-author	published
Sasa	Co-author	published
Schizostachyum	Co-author	published
Semiarundinaria	Co-author	published
Shibataea	Co-author	published
Sinobambusa	Co-author	published
Thamnocalamus	Co-author	published
Thyrsostachys	Co-author	published
Yushania	Co-author	published