Bambusa

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Bambusa
Bambusa oldhamii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida 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. 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.

[edit] Synonymy

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

[edit] See also

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

• Arundarbor Kuntze
• Bonia Balansa
• Eremocaulon Soderstrom & Londoño (including Criciuma Soderstrom & Londoño)
• Guadua Kunth
• Holttumochloa K.M.Wong
• Ischurochloa Büse
• Kinabaluchloa K.M.Wong
• Leleba Nakai
• Lingnania McClure
• Maclurochloa K.M.Wong
• Mullerochloa K.M.Wong
• Neololeba Widjaja
• Soejatmia K.M.Wong
• Tetragonocalamus Nakai