''Acidosasa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
East Asia
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n
bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, ...
in the
grass family.
''Acidosasa'' is found primarily in
Southern China
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, with 1 species in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. Its name is formed from
Latin
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''acidum'' ("sour") and ''
Sasa'' (another bamboo genus), referring to its edible shoots. Young shoots of the plants are preserved by the local population.
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;formerly included[
see '' Indosasa Oligostachyum ]Pleioblastus
''Pleioblastus'' is an East Asian genus of monopodial bamboos in the grass family Poaceae. They are native to China and Japan, and naturalized in scattered places in Korea, Europe, New Zealand, and the Western Hemisphere.
The plant spreads by vi ...
Pseudosasa
''Pseudosasa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.
These species are small to medium running plants, usually with one branch at a node. Its name comes from its resemblance to the genus '' Sasa''. The species are native to China, ...
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See also
*List of Poaceae genera
The true grasses (Poaceae) are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos, and several imp ...
References
Bambusoideae
Grasses of Asia
Flora of Vietnam
Grasses of China
Bambusoideae genera
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