Bambusa

Bambusa Schreb., 1789

  • Type: Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss, 1896 [publ. 1895], syn. Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd., 1799

  • Synonyms: Dendrocalamopsis Q. H. Dai & X. L. Tao, 1982; Pseudobambusa T. Q. Nguyen, 1991; etc.

  • Suprageneric classification: subtribe Bambusinae J. Presl, 1830; tribe Bambuseae Kunth ex Dumort., 1829; subfamily Bambusoideae Luerss., 1893; family Poaceae Barnhart, 1895 (nom. alt.: Gramineae Juss., 1789); superorder Lilianae Takht., 1967; order Poales Small, 1903. — Soreng & al., 2017 [#1252b].

  • Distribution: N. Bystriakova & al., Bamboo Biodiversity, 2003: map 1 [#1342]

  • Main references: N. H. Xia & C. M. A. Stapleton, Kew Bull. 52 (2), 1997: 483-485 [#1193]; J. X. Liu & al., Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 146, 2020 [#1351].

  • Distinctive characteristics: Rachilla internodes disarticulating; florets with (2) 3 lodicules. — Table 1 in J. X. Liu & al., Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 146, 2020 [#1351].