Fargesia rufa

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Fargesia rufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Fargesia
Species: F. rufa
Binomial name
Fargesia rufa
T.P.Yi 1985

Fargesia rufa is a woody bamboo native to western China. It is known in Chinese as qingchuan jianzhu (Chinese: ; pinyin: qīngchuānjiǎnzhú), meaning "Qingchuan Fargesia", Qingchuan being a county within the prefecture-level city of Guangyuan in the north of Sichuan. It is found at high elevations in the north of this province as well is in the south of Gansu. The plant is a significant source of food for the giant panda.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Li, De-Zhu; Guo, Zhenhua; Stapleton, Chris (2007), “Fargesia rufa”, in Wu, Z. Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y., Flora of China, vol. 22, Beijing: Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, pp. 81 
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