Sinobambusa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.[4][3][5] It is native to China and Vietnam. Sinobambusa tootsik also occurs in Japan, having been introduced there during the Tang dynasty (618–907).[6]

Sinobambusa
Sinobambusa tootsik
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: Sinobambusa
Makino ex Nakai
Type species
Sinobambusa tootsik[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

Neobambus Keng ex Keng f.

Species[3][6]
  1. Sinobambusa baccanensis T.Q.NguyenVietnam
  2. Sinobambusa farinosa (McClure) T.H.WenFujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
  3. Sinobambusa henryi (McClure) C.D.Chu & C.S.ChaoGuangdong, Guangxi
  4. Sinobambusa humila McClureGuangdong
  5. Sinobambusa incana T.H.WenGuangdong
  6. Sinobambusa intermedia McClure – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
  7. Sinobambusa nephroaurita C.D.Chu & C.S.ChaoGuangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan
  8. Sinobambusa rubroligula McClureGuangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
  9. Sinobambusa sat (Balansa) C.S.Chao & RenvoizeVietnam
  10. Sinobambusa scabrida T.H.WenGuangxi
  11. Sinobambusa solearis (McClure) T.Q.NguyenVietnam
  12. Sinobambusa tootsik (Makino) Makino ex NakaiFujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam; naturalized in Japan including Ryukyu Islands
  13. Sinobambusa yixingensis C.S.Chao & K.S.XiaoJiangsu
Formerly included[3]

see Acidosasa Chimonobambusa Gelidocalamus Indosasa Oligostachyum Phyllostachys Pleioblastus Pseudosasa Yushania

References edit

  1. ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 209 (1957)
  2. ^ Tropicos, Sinobambusa Makino ex Nakai
  3. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Makino, Tomitarô ex Nakai, Takenoshin. 1925. 6(3): 152 description in Latin
  5. ^ Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. ^ a b Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 147 唐竹属 tang zhu shu Sinobambusa Makino ex Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 152. 1925.