Phyllosasa

Phyllosasa
× Phyllosasa tranquillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Genus: × Phyllosasa
Binomial name
× Phyllosasa tranquillans
(Koidz.) Demoly
Synonyms[1][2]
  • × Hibanobambusa Maruy. & H.Okamurak, not validly published
  • Semiarundinaria × tranquillans Koidz.
  • Sinarundinaria × tranquillans (Koidz.) Muroi
  • Phyllostachys × tranquillans (Koidz.) Muroi
  • × Hibanobambusa tranquillans (Koidz.) Maruy. & H.Okamura
  • Sinarundinaria × nipponica Muroi
  • × Hibanobambusa tranquillans f. kimmei Muroi

× Phyllosasa is a nothogenus (genus of hybrid origin) of Japanese bamboo in the grass family.[3][4]

It consists of a single nothospecies of bamboo, Phyllosasa tranquillans, native to woodland in southern Honshu in Japan.[5][6] It is considered to be a hybrid between Phillostachys nigra var. henonsis and Sasa veitchii f. tyugokensis.[6]

It is a spreading, clump-forming bamboo growing to 2.5 m (8 ft) tall, with very dark green leaves 25 cm (10 in) or more in length. The variegated cultivar 'Shiroshima' is found in cultivation.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  3. ↑ Demoly, Jean-Pierre 1995. Bambou; periodique illustre 21: 14
  4. ↑ Tropicos, × Phyllosasa Demoly
  5. ↑ Ohrnberger, D. (1999). The Bamboos of the World. Elsevier Science. p. 596. ISBN 978-0-444-50020-5.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  7. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'". Retrieved 10 June 2013.