Sasa (genus)

Sasa
Sasa palmata foliage in winter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Sasa
Makino & Shibata
Species
  • Sasa kagamiana
  • Sasa kurilensis
  • Sasa palmata - broadleaf bamboo
  • Sasa senanensis
  • Sasa tsuboiana
  • Sasa veitchii - kuma-zasa
  • etc.

Sasa is a genus of running bamboo. These species have at most one branch per node.

See also