Borinda

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Borinda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Bambusoideae Supertribe: Bambusodae Tribe: Bambuseae Subtribe: Arundinariinae Genus: Borinda Stapleton
Species
Borinda boliana - giant blue bamboo Borinda fungosa - Burgundy-red-culmed borinda Borinda lushiensis Borinda nujiangensis etc.

Borinda is a genus of clumping bamboos erected in 1994 by Stapleton and previously included in the genera Fargesia and Yushania. They have been recognized to present different flowers and shorter rhizomes than Yushanias.

Comprising 8 genera, Borinda is only found in the Himalaya areas of Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan of China or in Bhutan. They are highly ornamental plants.

[edit] See also

• Arundinaria - a genus often confused with Borinda