Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Semiarundinaria Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 150-151 (1925)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bamboo
Description
Medium-sized with short monopodial rhizomes. Culms dense; nodes prominent; internodes hollow, lower and middle internodes terete, upper internodes flattened and slightly grooved on alternate sides above each node. Culm-sheath tardily deciduous. Culms with branches usually 3 per node when young, later clustered and up to 8. Leaf-sheath with oral bristles. Leaf-blade distinctly tessellate. Inflorescence of fascicled spikes, subtended by sheathing bracts; each spike consisting of 1 to few spikelets with 2–(7) florets. Glumes 0–1. Lodicules 3. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Nakai, T. 1925: Two new genera of Bambusaceae, with special remarks on the related genera growing in eatsern Asia. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 6: 145–154.
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.
