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Bambusa

 

The botanical name for bamboo.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: tall tender clumping bamboos
  Synonym: genus Bambusa


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Bambusa

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Bambusinae
Genus: Bambusa
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Species

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:

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phyllostachys
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