Acidosasa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.[4][5][6]

Acidosasa
Acidosasa notata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Acidosasa
Chu & Chao ex Keng f. 1982
Type species
Acidosasa chinensis
Chu & Chao ex Keng f.
Synonyms[1][2]

Acidosasa is found primarily in Southern China, with 1 species in Vietnam. Its name is formed from Latin acidum ("sour") and Sasa (another bamboo genus), referring to its edible shoots. Young shoots of the plants are preserved by the local population.[7]

Species[1][8]
formerly included[1]

see Indosasa Oligostachyum Pleioblastus Pseudosasa

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Tropicos, Acidosasa C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao
  3. ^ Chu, Cheng-De & Chao, Chi Son. 1979. Journal of Nanjing Technological College of Forest Products 1979: 142
  4. ^ Chu, Cheng-De & Chao, Chi Son ex Keng, Pai Chieh. 1982. Journal of Bamboo Research 1(2): 31
  5. ^ Tropicos, Acidosasa C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao ex Keng f.
  6. ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  7. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 106 酸竹属 suan zhu shu Acidosasa C. D. Chu & C. S. Chao ex P. C. Keng, J. Bamboo Res. 1(2): 31. 1982
  8. ^ The Plant List search for Acidosasa