0.2 — Preface

This new version of The Bamboos of Thailand (BoT) is essentially the same in content and design as the previous online version under the same title, which was publicly available until October 2024 and based on the draft version I started in 2005.

This new version of BoT does not yet have a defined end. As previous versions had been edited by myself with updates, additions, and corrections from the beginning, the new version will also receive this editing, but probably not beyond 2025.

I am pleased and grateful that this online version is appreciated and promoted by the Center of Academic Excellence in Bamboo (ศูนย์ความเป็นเลิศทางวิชาการด้านไผ่) at Kasetsart University (มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์). I hope that the text and the photographs can contribute to the identification of numerous species based on their vegetative characteristics and that the no less numerous still open identifications of native species, as shown herein, can soon be addressed by botanists in Thailand or from other countries.

My sincere thanks to the many people from Thailand and abroad who have contributed to The Bamboos of Thailand and supported this project.

Chiang Mai, 21 December 2020, 18 May and 1 November 2024

Dieter Ohrnberger (Khun Dieter)