Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Bambusa Schreb., Gen. Pl. ed. 8[a] 236 (1789)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bamboo
Description
Medium-sized to large bamboos, rarely climbing, with very short sympodial rhizomes forming dense clumps. Culms terete. Culm-sheaths deciduous, broad, triangular, thick; auricles usually present. Branches many at each node, sometimes with branch thorns. Leaf-blades small to medium-sized, usually not tessellate. Inflorescence stems often short, with dense tufts of 1-many spikelets at nodes. Spikelets sessile, 2-many-flowered. Glumes 1–3. Stamens 6. Stigmas usually 3.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Schreber, J.C.D. von 1789: Genera Plantarum Eorumque Characteres Naturales Secundum Numerum, Figuram, Situm, & Proportionem Omnium Fructificationis Partium. Vol. 1. Frankfurt am Main.
Sykes, W.R. 2000: Subfamily Bamusoideae. In: Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. 19–39.
