Bambusa
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Bambusa
IN BRIEF: n. - Tall tender clumping woody or arborescent grass
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Bambusa
| Bambusa | |
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| 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] |
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Arundarbor Kuntze |
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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.
Select Species
- Bambusa arnhemica
- Bambusa balcooa
- Bambusa bambos
- Bambusa blumeana
- Bambusa lako
- Bambusa longispiculata
- Bambusa oldhamii
- Bambusa tulda
- Bambusa ventricosa
- Bambusa vulgaris
References
- ^ "Genus: Bambusa Schreb.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1263. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Bambusa". The Plant List, RBG Kew. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Poaceae/Bambusa/. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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