Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
BAMBUSA Schreber, Gen. 236. 1789, nom. cons. vs. Bambos Retzius 1788.
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TYPE: Bambos arundinacea Retzius (Arundo bambos Linnaeus)
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Bambusa multiplex | HEDGE BAMBOO; SILVERSTRIPE BAMBOO | Not Native | ||
| Bambusa vulgaris | COMMON BAMBOO | Not Native UPL (NWPL) |
Identification Key
1. Branchlets of the lower branches perpendicular and recurved, hardened, thorn-like, lacking foliage leaves (subg. Bambusa)
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1. Branchlets of the lower branches bearing foliage leaves, not thornlike
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2. Culm leaf blade adaxially sparsely puberulous to glabrous
2. Culm leaf blade adaxially densely pubescent
3. Culm leaf auricles absent or poorly developed
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3. Culm leaf auricles well developed, 1.5-5 cm long, 0.4-1.5 cm wide
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4. Culms 6-15 m tall, erect; culm internodes glabrous; culm leaf auricles small, rounded, ciliate; foliage leaf blades abaxially pubescent initially, becoming glabrous, adaxially glabrous (subg. Dendrocalamopsis)
4. Culms 1-7 m tall, broadly arching distally; culm internodes antrorsely hispid; culm leaf auricles very small or inconspicuous; foliage leaf blades abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially glabrous
5. Culm leaf sheath with stiff, dark brown hairs, the auricles subequal; foliage leaf blades glabrous on both surfaces
5. Culm leaf sheath glabrous or with stiff, brown hairs, the auricles unequal, the larger one to 2 times as large as smaller one; foliage leaf blades abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pilose near base
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6. Culm leaf sheath glabrous or with stiff, brown hairs, larger auricle narrowly oblong to lanceolate, ca. 1.5 cm long, 0.4-0.5 cm wide
6. Culm leaf sheath glabrous, larger auricle ovate to ovate-elliptic, ca. 2.5 cm long, 1-1.4 cm wide
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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| Arundarbor | Arundarbor Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 760. 1891. | TYPE: = Bambusa Schreber 1798. | |
| Bambos | Bambos Retzius, Observ. Bot. 5: 24. 1788, nom. rej. vs. Bambusa Schreber 1789. | TYPE: Bambos arundinacea Retzius (Arundo bambos Linnaeus) = Bambusa Schreber 1789. | |
| Bonia | Bonia Balansa, J. Bot. (Morot) 4: 29. 1890. | TYPE: Bonia tonkinensis Balansa | |
| Dendrocalamopsis | Dendrocalamopsis (L. C. Chia & H. L. Fung) Keng f., J. Bamboo Res. 2: 11. 1983. | BASIONYM: Bambusa Schreber, subg. Dendrocalamopsis L. C. Chia & H. L. Fung, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 214. 1980. | TYPE: Dendrocalamopsis oldhamii (Munro) Keng f. (Bambusa oldhamii Munro) |
| Ischurochloa | Ischurochloa Buese, in Miquel, Pl. Jungh. 389. 1854. | TYPE: Ischurochloa spinosa (Roxburgh) Buese (Bambusa spinosa Roxburgh) | |
| Leleba | Leleba Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 9: 9. 1933. | TYPE: Leleba floribunda (Buese) Nakai (Ischurochloa floribunda Buese) Lectotypified by McClure, Taxon 6: 204. 1957. | |
| Lingnania | Lingnania McClure, Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 9: 34. 1940. | TYPE: Lingnania chungii (McClure) McClure (Bambusa chungii McClure) | |
| Neosinocalamus | Neosinocalamus Keng f., J. Bamboo Res. 2: 12. 1983. | TYPE: Neosinocalamus affinis (Rendle) Keng f. (Dendrocalamus affinis Rendle) | |
| Sinocalamus | Sinocalamus McClure, Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 9: 66. 1940. | TYPE: Sinocalamus latiflorus (Munro) McClure (Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro) |