Bambusa

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The botanical name for bamboo.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Tall tender clumping woody or arborescent grass

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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.
Type species
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss[1]
Synonyms

Arundarbor Kuntze
Bambos Retz.
Bambus J. F. Gmel.
Dendrocalamopsis (L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung) Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao
Ischurochloa Büse
Leleba Nakai
Lingnania McClure
Tetragonocalamus Nakai

Bambusa is a large genus of about 130 species of clumping bamboos.[2] 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 wet Tropics.

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References

  1. ^ "Genus: Bambusa Schreb.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1263. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  2. ^ "Bambusa". The Plant List, RBG Kew. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Poaceae/Bambusa/. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 



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