Bamboo species

Bamboo "Audio|En-us-bamboo.ogg|listen" is a group of woody perennial grasses in the true grass family Poaceae, which is a large family with over 10,000 species. In the tribe Bambuseae also known as Bamboo, there are 91 genera and over 1,000 species. The size of bamboo varies from small annuals to giant timber bamboo. Bamboo was only added to the world in between 30 and 40 million years ago, after the demise of the dinosaurs. Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant in the world. They can grow up to 3-4 feet/day (1.5-2.0 inches/hr). [ [http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph39.htm Bamboo ] ]

All Bamboo that have their Chinese name contain the character "竹". This character by itself simply means bamboo, however it enters into hundreds of other words and phrases. "Every day our written language reminds us of the antiquity of China's partnership with bamboo." (Dr. W. Y. Hsiung). This character, pronounced "chu" depicts two leafed twigs of bamboo. The radical 竹 also indicates sense. [National Geographic October 1980]

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"The photographs to the right do not necessarily correspond to the bamboo on the left."

[ [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024743 Acidosasa chienouensis in Flora of China @ efloras.org ] ] [ [http://www.bambooweb.info/BrowseSSL.php?Units=I&Sort=Gs&Genus=All&DiaValue=+&HtValue=+&TempCompare=%3C%3D&TempValue=+&SunValue=+&Clumper=NULL&Match=AND&Button=GO BambooWeb - Bamboo Species List ] ] [ [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Bamboos_Chinese_index.html Bamboo Names - CHINESE INDEX ] ] [ [http://www.metric-conversions.org/cgi-bin/util/convert.cgi online conversion calculators for temperature, length/ distance, area, volume and weight ] ] [ [http://www.completebamboo.com/species.html Bamboo Species Profiles and Statistics] ] [ [http://home.claranet.nl/users/pms/wmas_dbase/eremitis.html Eremitis ] ]

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