Sasa (plant)
Sasa (Japanese: ササ or 笹), also called broad-leaf bamboo,[1] is a genus of running bamboo.[2] These species have at most one branch per node.
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| Sasa palmata foliage in winter | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Arundinarieae |
| Subtribe: | Arundinariinae |
| Genus: | Sasa Makino & Shibata |
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Selected species
- Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata – northern bamboo,[1] Jirisan bamboo[1]
- Sasa kagamiana
- Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata – chishimazasa, Kuril bamboo,[1] Korean bamboo[1]
- Sasa nagimontana - muroi
- Sasa nipponica (Makino) Makino & Shibata
- Sasa oshidensis
- Sasa palmata (Burb.) E.G.Camus – broad-leaf bamboo[1]
- Sasa senanensis
- Sasa tsuboiana
- Sasa veitchii - kuma-zasa
Fossil record
Fossil leaves of †Sasa kodorica are described from the Pliocene of Kodori Valley in Abkazia.[3]
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See also
- Pseudosasa – another genus of bamboo
References
- English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 621–622. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- Kew. "World Checklist".
- Acta Palaeobotanica - Supplementum No. 3 - New Fossil Floras from Neogene Deposits in the Belchatow Lignite Mine by Grzegor Worobiec - Polish Academy of Sciences W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Krakow 2003
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