Pleioblastus

Pleioblastus
Pleioblastus gramineus in cultivation at the Botanical Gardens Faculty of Science Osaka City University
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Genus: Pleioblastus
Nakai
Type species
Pleioblastus communis [1][2]
(Makino) Nakai
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Nipponocalamus Nakai
  • Polyanthus C.H.Hu ex Y.C.Hu 1991, illegitimate homonym not Auct. ex Benth. & Hook.f. 1883 (Amaryllidaceae)

Pleioblastus is a, East Asian genus of monopodial bamboos in the grass family.[5][6] They are native to China and Japan, and naturalized in scattered places in Korea, Europe, New Zealand, and the Western Hemisphere.[7][8]

The plant spreads by vigorous underground rhizomes which run along just beneath the soil surface, producing plantlets at the nodes. These can be used to propagate new plants, but if not removed they can become invasive.

The species P. variegatus[9] (green and cream stripes), and P. viridistriatus[10] (green and yellow stripes) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[11]

Genetic research suggests that this genus may properly be part of the genus Arundinaria.[12]

Species[3][13]
  1. Pleioblastus altiligulatus - Fujian, Hunan, Zhejiang
  2. Pleioblastus amarus - southern China
  3. Pleioblastus argenteostriatus - Japan
  4. Pleioblastus fortunei - Japan
  5. Pleioblastus gramineus - Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Is)
  6. Pleioblastus guilongshanensis - Fujian
  7. Pleioblastus hattorianus - Honshu
  8. Pleioblastus hsienchuensis - Zhejiang
  9. Pleioblastus incarnatus - Fujian
  10. Pleioblastus kodzumae - Kyushu
  11. Pleioblastus linearis - Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Is)
  12. Pleioblastus maculatus - southern China
  13. Pleioblastus matsunoi - Honshu
  14. Pleioblastus nagashima - Honshu, Kyushu
  15. Pleioblastus pseudosasaoides - Honshu
  16. Pleioblastus rugatus - Zhejiang
  17. Pleioblastus sanmingensis - Fujian
  18. Pleioblastus simonii - Japan
  19. Pleioblastus solidus - Jiangsu, Zhejiang
  20. Pleioblastus truncatus - Zhejiang
  21. Pleioblastus viridistriatus - Japan
  22. Pleioblastus wuyishanensis - Fujian
  23. Pleioblastus yixingensis - Jiangsu
formerly included[3]

see Acidosasa Ampelocalamus Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Oligostachyum Pseudosasa Sasaella Sinobambusa Yushania

  • Pleioblastus actinotrichus - Ampelocalamus actinotrichus
  • Pleioblastus acutiligulatus - Acidosasa notata
  • Pleioblastus altiligulatus var. spongiosus - Oligostachyum spongiosum
  • Pleioblastus asanoi - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus baviensis - Chimonocalamus baviensis
  • Pleioblastus distichus - Pseudosasa disticha
  • Pleioblastus dolichanthus - Sinobambusa tootsik
  • Pleioblastus falcatus - Drepanostachyum falcatum
  • Pleioblastus globinodus - Oligostachyum gracilipes
  • Pleioblastus hashimotoi - Sasaella masamuneana
  • Pleioblastus hindsii - Pseudosasa hindsii
  • Pleioblastus hispidulus - Pseudosasa hindsii
  • Pleioblastus humilis - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus hupehensis - Oligostachyum hupehense
  • Pleioblastus intermedius - Acidosasa notata
  • Pleioblastus koshisimonii - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus lasiochlamys - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus leucorhodus - Sasaella leucorhoda
  • Pleioblastus longifimbriatus - Sinobambusa intermedia
  • Pleioblastus longifolius - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus maculosoides - Acidosasa notata
  • Pleioblastus masamuneanus - Sasaella masamuneana
  • Pleioblastus nabeshimanus - Pseudosasa nabeshimana
  • Pleioblastus naibunensis - Ampelocalamus naibunensis
  • Pleioblastus niitakayamensis - Yushania niitakayamensis
  • Pleioblastus oedogonatus - Oligostachyum oedogonatum
  • Pleioblastus ohmiensis - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus oiwakensis - Yushania niitakayamensis
  • Pleioblastus pandus - Pseudosasa hindsii
  • Pleioblastus ryokeanus - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus sadoensis - Sasaella sadoensis
  • Pleioblastus sawadae - Sasaella sawadae
  • Pleioblastus tanegasimensis - Sasaella masamuneana
  • Pleioblastus toyokensis - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus usawae - Pseudosasa japonica
  • Pleioblastus usuiensis - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus virens - Pseudosasa humilis
  • Pleioblastus yakusimensis - Sasaella masamuneana
  • Pleioblastus yamakitensis - Sasaella hisauchii

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 207 (1957)
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Pleioblastus Nakai
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  5. ↑ Nakai, Takenoshin. 1925. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 6(3): 145-147 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  6. ↑ Ohrnberger, D. (1999). The Bamboos of the World. Elsevier Science. p. 596. ISBN 978-0-444-50020-5.
  7. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  8. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 121 苦竹属 ku zhu shu Pleioblastus Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 145. 1925
  9. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Pleioblastus variegatus". Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Pleioblastus viridistriatus". Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  12. ↑ Zhuge, Qiang; Yu-long Ding, Chen Xu, Hui-yu Zou, Min-ren Huang, and Ming-xiu Wang (2005). "A preliminary analysis of phylogenetic relationships of Arundinaria and related genera based on nucleotide sequences of nrDNA (ITS region) and cpDNA (trnL-F intergenic spacer)". Journal of Forestry Research (Springer) 16 (1): 5–8. doi:10.1007/BF02856844.
  13. ↑ The Plant List search for Pleioblastus