Bambusa

Bambusa
Bambusa
Bambusa oldhamii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Bambusinae
Genus: Bambusa
Schreb.
Species
  • Bambusa arnhemica
  • Bambusa arundinacea- Giant Thorny
  • Bambusa balcooa
  • Bambusa bambos - aka arundinacea giant thorny bamboo
  • Bambusa basihirsuta
  • Bambusa beecheyana - Beechey bamboo; source of commercial bamboo sprouts in s. China
  • Bambusa blumeana
  • Bambusa boniopsis
  • Bambusa burmanica
  • Bambusa chungii
  • Bambusa emeiensis
  • Bambusa forbesii - iron range bamboo
  • Bambusa glaucophylla - Malay dwarf
  • Bambusa lako - Timor black
  • Bambusa longispiculata -40' Burma
  • Bambusa multiplex - hedge bamboo
  • Bambusa pachinensis
  • Bambusa sinospinosa - Chinese thorny bamboo
  • Bambusa tulda
  • Bambusa ventricosa - Buddha bamboo
  • Bambusa vulgaris
  • etc.

Bambusa is a large genus (about 37 species) of clumping bamboos.[1] These species are usually giant ones, with numerous branches at a node and one or two much larger than the rest. They are found in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, especially in the monsoon and wet Tropics.

Synonymy

This genus has been brought into synonymy with Dendrocalamopsis (L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung) Keng.f..

Genera

The following bamboo genera have (at some time or other) been included in Bambusa:

References

  1. ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/bambusa.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 


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