Bambusa

Most species of Bambusa are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They are native to Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan, the Himalayas, New Guinea, Melanesia, and the Northern Territory of Australia. They are also reportedly naturalized in other regions, e.g. Africa, Latin America, and various oceanic islands.[2][4][5][6]

Bambusa
Bambusa oldhamii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Tribe:	Bambuseae
Subtribe:	Bambusinae
Genus:	Bambusa Schreb.
Type species
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss[1]
Synonyms[2]
Arundarbor Kuntze Bambos Retz. Bambus J. F. Gmel. Dendrocalamopsis (L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung) Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao Dendrocalamopsis Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao Ischurochloa Büse Leleba Nakai Lingnania McClure Tetragonocalamus Nakai Neosinocalamus Keng f. Pseudobambusa T.Q.Nguyen

Bambusa is a large genus of clumping bamboos.[3]

Species

Species[2]

1. Bambusa affinis Munro – Laos, Myanmar
2. Bambusa albolineata L.C.Chia – Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang
3. Bambusa alemtemshii H.B.Naithani – Nagaland
4. Bambusa amplexicaulis W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong
5. Bambusa angustiaurita W.T.Lin – Guangdong
6. Bambusa angustissima L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong
7. Bambusa arnhemica F.Muell. – Northern Territory of Australia
8. Bambusa assamica Barooah & Borthakur – Assam
9. Bambusa aurinuda McClure – Guangxi, Vietnam
10. Bambusa australis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Vietnam
11. Bambusa balcooa Roxb. – India, Nepal, Assam, Bangladesh, Indo-China; naturalized in South Africa and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea
12. Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss – India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Assam, Indochina; naturalized in Seychelles, Central America, West Indies, Java, Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines
13. Bambusa barpatharica Borthakur & Barooah – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
14. Bambusa basihirsuta McClure – Guangdong, Zhejiang
15. Bambusa basihirsutoides N.H.Xia – Guangdong
16. Bambusa basisolida W.T.Lin – Guangdong
17. Bambusa beecheyana Munro – Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan; naturalized in Colombia, Brazil
18. Bambusa bicicatricata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan
19. Bambusa binghamii Gamble – Myanmar
20. Bambusa blumeana Schult. & Schult. – Tropical Asia
21. Bambusa boniopsis McClure – Hainan
22. Bambusa brevispicula Holttum – New Guinea
23. Bambusa brunneoaciculia G.A.Fu – Hainan
24. Bambusa burmanica Gamble – Bangladesh, Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia
25. Bambusa cacharensis R.B.Majumdar – Bangladesh, Assam
26. Bambusa cerosissima McClure – Guangdong. Guangxi, Vietnam
27. Bambusa chungii McClure – Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan
28. Bambusa chunii L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Laos; cultivated in Hong Kong
29. Bambusa clavata Stapleton – Bhutan
30. Bambusa comillensis Alam – Bangladesh
31. Bambusa concava W.T.Lin – Hainan
32. Bambusa contracta L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong, Guangxi
33. Bambusa copelandii Gamble – Myanmar
34. Bambusa corniculata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi
35. Bambusa cornigera McClure – Guangxi
36. Bambusa crispiaurita W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong
37. Bambusa dampaeana H.B.Naithani, Garbyal & N.S.Bisht – Mizoram
38. Bambusa diaoluoshanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan
39. Bambusa dissimulator McClure – Guangdong, Vietnam; naturalized in Brazil, Puerto Rico
40. Bambusa distegia (Keng & Keng f.) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Sichuan
41. Bambusa dolichoclada Hayata – Fujian, Taiwan; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands
42. Bambusa duriuscula W.T.Lin – Hainan
43. Bambusa emeiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
44. Bambusa eutuldoides McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi; naturalized in Colombia
45. Bambusa farinacea K.M.Wong – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
46. Bambusa fimbriligulata McClure – Myanmar
47. Bambusa flexuosa Munro – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Guangdong, Hainan
48. Bambusa fruticosa Holttum – Papua New Guinea
49. Bambusa funghomii McClure – Henan, Guangdong, Guangxi
50. Bambusa garuchokua Barooah & Borthakur – Assam
51. Bambusa gibba McClure – Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi; naturalized in Ecuador
52. Bambusa gibboides W.T.Lin – Guangdong
53. Bambusa glabrovagina G.A.Fu – Hainan
54. Bambusa glaucophylla Widjaja – Java
55. Bambusa grandis (Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao) Ohrnb. – Guangxi
56. Bambusa griffithiana Munro – Manipur, Myanmar
57. Bambusa guangxiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi
58. Bambusa hainanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan
59. Bambusa heterostachya (Munro) Holttum – Peninsular Malaysia
60. Bambusa horsfieldii Munro – Java, Philippines
61. Bambusa indigena L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong
62. Bambusa insularis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan
63. Bambusa intermedia Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi – Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
64. Bambusa jacobsii Widjaja – Java
65. Bambusa jaintiana R.B.Majumdar – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
66. Bambusa khasiana Munro – Assam
67. Bambusa kingiana Gamble – Myanmar
68. Bambusa lako Widjaja – Timor
69. Bambusa lapidea McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
70. Bambusa latideltata W.T.Lin – Guangdong
71. Bambusa laxa K.M.Wong – Peninsular Malaysia
72. Bambusa lenta L.C.Chia – Fujian
73. Bambusa longipalea W.T.Lin – Guangdong
74. Bambusa longispiculata Gamble – Bangladesh, Myanmar; naturalized in Vietnam, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico
75. †Bambusa lugdunensis Saporta – Neogene deposits of Europe
76. Bambusa macrolemma Holttum – New Britain
77. Bambusa macrotis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong
78. Bambusa maculata Widjaja – Maluku
79. Bambusa majumdarii P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya
80. Bambusa malingensis McClure – Hainan; naturalized in Cuba
81. Bambusa manipureana H.B.Naithani & N.S.Bisht – Manipur
82. Bambusa marginata Munro – Myanmar
83. Bambusa merrillii Gamble – Luzon
84. Bambusa microcephala (Pilg.) Holttum – New Guinea
85. Bambusa mizorameana H.B.Naithani – Mizoram
86. Bambusa mohanramii P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya
87. Bambusa mollis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi
88. Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f. – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan; naturalized in Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Iraq, Bismarck Archipelago, New Zealand, Chiapas, Central America, West Indies, Colombia, Ecuador, eastern Brazil, Florida, Georgia, Alabama
89. Bambusa mutabilis McClure – Hainan; naturalized in Puerto Rico
90. Bambusa nagalandiana H.B.Naithani – Nagaland
91. Bambusa nairiana P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya
92. Bambusa nepalensis Stapleton – Nepal
93. Bambusa nutans Wall. ex Munro – Himalayas of eastern + northern India; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
94. Bambusa odashimae Hatus. ex D.Z.Li & Stapleton – Taiwan; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands
95. Bambusa oldhamii Munro – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Zhejiang; naturalized in Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, New Zealand, Chiapas, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
96. Bambusa oliveriana Gamble – Myanmar
97. Bambusa ooh Widjaja & Astuti – Bali
98. Bambusa pachinensis Hayata – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang
99. Bambusa pallida Munro – Sikkim, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Indochina
100. Bambusa papillata (Q.H.Dai) K.M.Lan – Guangxi
101. Bambusa papillatoides Q.H.Dai & D.Y.Huang – Guangxi
102. Bambusa pervariabilis McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi; naturalized in Puerto Rico
103. Bambusa pierreana E.G.Camus – Thailand, Vietnam
104. Bambusa piscatorum McClure – Hainan
105. Bambusa polymorpha Munro – Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand; naturalized in Assam, Sri Lanka, Java, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ecuador
106. Bambusa procera A.Chev. & A.Camus – Vietnam, Cambodia
107. Bambusa prominens H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia – Sichuan
108. Bambusa ramispinosa L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi
109. Bambusa rangaensis Borthakur & Barooah – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
110. Bambusa rectocuneata (W.T.Lin) N.H.Xia, R.S.Lin & R.H.Wang – Guangdong
111. Bambusa remotiflora (Kuntze) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam
112. Bambusa riauensis Widjaja – Sumatra
113. Bambusa rigida Keng & Keng f. – Sichuan
114. Bambusa riparia Holttum – Papua New Guinea
115. Bambusa rongchengensis (T.P.Yi & C.Y.Sia) D.Z.Li – Sichuan
116. Bambusa rugata (W.T.Lin) Ohrnb. – Guangdong
117. Bambusa rutila McClure – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan
118. Bambusa salarkhanii Alam – Nepal, Bangladesh
119. Bambusa schizostachyoides Kurz ex Gamble – Myanmar, Vietnam, Andaman Islands
120. Bambusa semitecta W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong
121. Bambusa sesquiflora (McClure) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Thailand, Vietnam
122. Bambusa sinospinosa McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
123. Bambusa solida Munro ex Becc. – Borneo
124. Bambusa solomonensis Holttum – Solomon Islands
125. Bambusa spinosa Roxb. – Indonesia, Philippines; naturalized in southern China, Ryukyu Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Puerto Rico
126. Bambusa stenoaurita (W.T.Lin) T.H.Wen – Guangdong
127. Bambusa subaequalis H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia – Sichuan
128. Bambusa subtruncata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong
129. Bambusa surrecta (Q.H.Dai) Q.H.Dai – Guangxi
130. Bambusa tabacaria (Lour.) Steud. – Vietnam, Java, Maluku
131. Bambusa teres Munro – Tibet, Guangdong, Guangxi, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
132. Bambusa textilis McClure – Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam; naturalized in Colombia, Puerto Rico
133. Bambusa transvenula (W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng) N.H.Xia – Guangdong
134. Bambusa truncata B.M.Yang – Hunan
135. Bambusa tsangii McClure – Vietnam
136. Bambusa tulda Roxb – Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, India, Bangladesh, northern Indochina; naturalized in Iraq, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico
137. Bambusa tuldoides Munro – Guangdong, Guangxi, Indochina; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands, Bangladesh, Chiapas, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Trinidad, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia
138. Bambusa utilis W.C.Lin – Taiwan
139. Bambusa valida (Q.H.Dai) W.T.Lin – Guangxi
140. Bambusa variostriata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong
141. Bambusa ventricosa McClure – Guangdong, Vietnam; naturalized in Brazil, Malaysia
142. Bambusa villosula Kurz – Myanmar
143. Bambusa vinhphuensis T.Q.Nguyen – Vietnam
144. Bambusa viridis Widjaja – western New Guinea
145. Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. – Yunnan, Indochina; naturalized in parts of Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Indian Subcontinent, Latin America, West Indies, United States (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey)
146. Bambusa wenchouensis (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng, Y.M.Lin – Fujian, Zhejiang
147. Bambusa xiashanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong
148. Bambusa xueana Ohrnb. – Yunnan

Fossil record

Fossil leaves of †Bambusa ilinskiae are described from the Miocene deposits of the Carpathians. The fossil leaves of †Bambusa lugdunensis are known mainly from the Miocene of the Massif du Coiron in Ardèche, France, Miocene of Bełchatów in Poland, Middle Miocene of Austria, the Neogene of the Transcarpathians and the Pliocene of southern France.[7] Findings of fossil Bambusa leaf impressions of Messinian age (ca. 5.7 Ma) from Monte Tondo in the Romagna Apennines in northern Italy, are similar to fossil †Bambusa lugdunensis leaves.[8]

See also

• Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia

References

1. "Genus: Bambusa Schreb". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Retrieved 24 January 2012.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. "Bambusa". The Plant List, RBG Kew. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 8, 9, 簕竹属 le zhu shu, Bambusa Schreber, Gen. Pl. 236. 1789.
5. Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1986. Genera graminum. Grasses of the world. Kew Bulletin : Additional Series 13: 1–389.
6. G.P. Chapman. 1997. Bamboos. Academic Press, New York.
7. Acta Palaeobotanica – Supplementum No. 3 – New Fossil Floras from Neogene Deposits in the Bełchatów Lignite Mine by Grzegor Worobiec – Polish Academy of Sciences, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Krakow 2003
8. Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Messinian macrofossil floras of Tossignano and Monte Tondo (Vena del Gesso Basin, Romagna Apennines, northern Italy) – Vasilis Teodoridis, Zlatko Kvacek, Marco Sami and Edoardo Martinetto – December 2015 doi:10.14446/AMNP.2015.249.