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of Australia. They are also reportedly naturalized in other regions, e.g.

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Species

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Bambusa affinis ''Bambusa affinis'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' 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 gr ...

'' Munro – Laos, Myanmar #''

Bambusa albolineata ''Bambusa albolineata'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' 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 th ...

'' L.C.Chia – Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang #''

Bambusa alemtemshii ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' H.B.Naithani – Nagaland #''

Bambusa amplexicaulis ''Bambusa amplexicaulis'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution The bamboo species is first described in an open field of Xihu Village, of Lianping, Guangdong province, China China, officially the People's Republic of Chi ...

'' W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong #''

Bambusa angustiaurita ''Bambusa angustiaurita'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa angustiaurita'' is endemic to temperate regions of Guangdong province of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country i ...

'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #''

Bambusa angustissima ''Bambusa angustissima'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa angustissima'' is endemic to Gaozhou of Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #''

Bambusa arnhemica ''Bambusa arnhemica'' is one of three bamboo species native to Australia. It grows in the northwestern areas of the Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an ...

'' F.Muell. –

of Australia #''

Bambusa assamica ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' Barooah & Borthakur – Assam #''

Bambusa aurinuda ''Bambusa aurinuda'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa aurinuda'' is commonly found in the Tonkin vicinity of Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., grou ...

'' McClure – Guangxi, Vietnam #''

Bambusa australis ''Bambusa australis '' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa australis'' is endemic to Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in South ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Vietnam #'' Bambusa balcooa'' Roxb. – India, Nepal, Assam, Bangladesh,

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; naturalized in South Africa and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea #''

Bambusa bambos ''Bambusa bambos'', the giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, spiny bamboo, or thorny bamboo, is a species of clumping bamboo native to southern Asia (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indochina). It is also naturalized in Seychelles, Centr ...

'' ( L.) Voss – India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Assam, Indochina; naturalized in Seychelles, Central America, West Indies, Java, Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines #''

Bambusa barpatharica ''Bambusa barpatharica'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa barpatharica'' is native to an area from the Indian states of Assam to Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was ...

'' Borthakur & Barooah – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam #''

Bambusa basihirsuta ''Bambusa basihirsuta'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Synonyms ''Bambusa basihirsuta'' are 5 synonyms. Distribution ''Bambusa basihirsuta'' is endemic to Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces of China. Description ''Bambusa basihirsu ...

'' McClure – Guangdong, Zhejiang #'' Bambusa basihirsutoides'' N.H.Xia – Guangdong #'' Bambusa basisolida'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #''

Bambusa beecheyana ''Bambusa beecheyana'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Synonyms Distribution ''Bambusa beecheyana'' is found in Southern China to Indo-China Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the co ...

'' Munro – Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan; naturalized in Colombia, Brazil #'' Bambusa bicicatricata'' (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #'' Bambusa binghamii'' Gamble – Myanmar #''

Bambusa blumeana ''Bambusa blumeana'',J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, 1830 ''In: Syst. Veg. 7: 1343'' also known as spiny bamboo or thorny bamboo, is a species of clumping bamboo occurring in Tropical Asia. This bamboo is known locally as: ''kawayang tinik'' in the P ...

'' Schult. & Schult. – Tropical Asia #'' Bambusa boniopsis'' McClure – Hainan #'' Bambusa brevispicula'' Holttum – New Guinea #'' Bambusa brunneoaciculia'' G.A.Fu – Hainan #'' Bambusa burmanica'' Gamble – Bangladesh, Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia #'' Bambusa cacharensis'' R.B.Majumdar – Bangladesh, Assam #'' Bambusa cerosissima'' McClure – Guangdong. Guangxi, Vietnam #''

Bambusa chungii ''Bambusa chungii'', commonly known as white bamboo or tropical blue bamboo, is a large, tall bamboo species, often found in Hong Kong, and originating in southern China and Vietnam. Its blue-green or white culm (botany), culms often reach a he ...

'' McClure – Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan #''

Bambusa chunii ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Laos; cultivated in Hong Kong #'' Bambusa clavata'' Stapleton – Bhutan #'' Bambusa comillensis'' Alam – Bangladesh #''

Bambusa concava ''Bambusa concava'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa concava'' is endemic to Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various island ...

'' W.T.Lin – Hainan #'' Bambusa contracta'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong, Guangxi #'' Bambusa copelandii'' Gamble – Myanmar #'' Bambusa corniculata'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #'' Bambusa cornigera'' McClure – Guangxi #'' Bambusa crispiaurita'' W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong #'' Bambusa dampaeana'' H.B.Naithani, Garbyal & N.S.Bisht – Mizoram #'' Bambusa diaoluoshanensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #'' Bambusa dissimulator'' McClure – Guangdong, Vietnam; naturalized in Brazil, Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa distegia'' (Keng & Keng f.) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Sichuan #'' Bambusa dolichoclada'' Hayata – Fujian, Taiwan; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands #'' Bambusa duriuscula'' W.T.Lin – Hainan #''

Bambusa emeiensis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan #''

Bambusa eutuldoides ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi; naturalized in Colombia #'' Bambusa farinacea'' K.M.Wong – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia #'' Bambusa fimbriligulata'' McClure – Myanmar #''

Bambusa flexuosa ''Bambusa flexuosa'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Synonyms Distribution ''Bambusa flexuosa'' is endemic to Guangdong province of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is ...

'' Munro – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Guangdong, Hainan #'' Bambusa fruticosa'' Holttum – Papua New Guinea #'' Bambusa funghomii'' McClure – Henan, Guangdong, Guangxi #'' Bambusa garuchokua'' Barooah & Borthakur – Assam #'' Bambusa gibba'' McClure – Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi; naturalized in Ecuador #'' Bambusa gibboides'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #'' Bambusa glabrovagina'' G.A.Fu – Hainan #'' Bambusa glaucophylla'' Widjaja – Java #''

Bambusa grandis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' (Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao) Ohrnb. – Guangxi #''

Bambusa griffithiana ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' Munro – Manipur, Myanmar #'' Bambusa guangxiensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #'' Bambusa hainanensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #'' Bambusa heterostachya'' (Munro) Holttum – Peninsular Malaysia #'' Bambusa horsfieldii'' Munro – Java, Philippines #'' Bambusa indigena'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #''

Bambusa insularis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #''

Bambusa intermedia ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi – Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Bambusa jacobsii'' Widjaja – Java #'' Bambusa jaintiana'' R.B.Majumdar – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar #'' Bambusa khasiana'' Munro – Assam #'' Bambusa kingiana'' Gamble – Myanmar #'' Bambusa lako'' Widjaja – Timor #'' Bambusa lapidea'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Bambusa latideltata'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #'' Bambusa laxa'' K.M.Wong – Peninsular Malaysia #'' Bambusa lenta'' L.C.Chia – Fujian #'' Bambusa longipalea'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #'' Bambusa longispiculata'' Gamble – Bangladesh, Myanmar; naturalized in Vietnam, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico #†'' Bambusa lugdunensis'' Saporta – Neogene deposits of

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#'' Bambusa macrolemma'' Holttum – New Britain #'' Bambusa macrotis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa maculata'' Widjaja – Maluku #'' Bambusa majumdarii'' P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya #'' Bambusa malingensis'' McClure – Hainan; naturalized in Cuba #'' Bambusa manipureana'' H.B.Naithani & N.S.Bisht – Manipur #'' Bambusa marginata'' Munro – Myanmar #'' Bambusa merrillii'' Gamble – Luzon #'' Bambusa microcephala'' (Pilg.) Holttum – New Guinea #'' Bambusa mizorameana'' H.B.Naithani – Mizoram #'' Bambusa mohanramii'' P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya #'' Bambusa mollis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #'' Bambusa multiplex'' (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f. – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan; naturalized in Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Iraq, Bismarck Archipelago, New Zealand, Chiapas, Central America, West Indies, Colombia, Ecuador, eastern Brazil, Florida, Georgia, Alabama #'' Bambusa mutabilis'' McClure – Hainan; naturalized in Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa nagalandiana'' H.B.Naithani – Nagaland #'' Bambusa nairiana'' P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya #'' Bambusa nepalensis'' Stapleton – Nepal #'' Bambusa nutans'' Wall. ex Munro – Himalayas of eastern + northern India; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam #'' Bambusa odashimae'' Hatus. ex D.Z.Li & Stapleton – Taiwan; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands #''

Bambusa oldhamii ''Bambusa oldhamii'', known as giant timber bamboo or Oldham's bamboo, is a large species of bamboo. It is the most common and widely grown bamboo in the United States and has been introduced into cultivation around the world. It is densely foli ...

'' Munro – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Zhejiang; naturalized in Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, New Zealand, Chiapas, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru #'' Bambusa oliveriana'' Gamble – Myanmar #'' Bambusa ooh'' Widjaja & Astuti – Bali #'' Bambusa pachinensis'' Hayata – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang #'' Bambusa pallida'' Munro – Sikkim, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Indochina #'' Bambusa papillata'' (Q.H.Dai) K.M.Lan – Guangxi #''

Bambusa papillatoides ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' Q.H.Dai & D.Y.Huang – Guangxi #'' Bambusa pervariabilis'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi; naturalized in Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa pierreana'' E.G.Camus – Thailand, Vietnam #'' Bambusa piscatorum'' McClure – Hainan #'' Bambusa polymorpha'' Munro – Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand; naturalized in Assam, Sri Lanka, Java, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ecuador #'' Bambusa procera'' A.Chev. & A.Camus – Vietnam, Cambodia #''

Bambusa prominens ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia – Sichuan #'' Bambusa ramispinosa'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #'' Bambusa rangaensis'' Borthakur & Barooah – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam #'' Bambusa rectocuneata'' (W.T.Lin) N.H.Xia, R.S.Lin & R.H.Wang – Guangdong #'' Bambusa remotiflora'' (Kuntze) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam #'' Bambusa riauensis'' Widjaja – Sumatra #'' Bambusa rigida'' Keng & Keng f. – Sichuan #'' Bambusa riparia'' Holttum – Papua New Guinea #'' Bambusa rongchengensis'' (T.P.Yi & C.Y.Sia) D.Z.Li – Sichuan #''

Bambusa rugata ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' (W.T.Lin) Ohrnb. – Guangdong #'' Bambusa rutila'' McClure – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan #'' Bambusa salarkhanii'' Alam – Nepal, Bangladesh #''

Bambusa schizostachyoides ''Pseudobambusa schizostachyoides'' is a species of bamboo in the monotypic genus ''Pseudobambusa'', of the tribe Bambuseae (family Poaceae). No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database th ...

'' Kurz ex Gamble – Myanmar, Vietnam, Andaman Islands #'' Bambusa semitecta'' W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong #''

Bambusa sesquiflora ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' (McClure) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Thailand, Vietnam #''

Bambusa sinospinosa ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan #'' Bambusa solida'' Munro ex

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– Borneo #'' Bambusa solomonensis'' Holttum – Solomon Islands #'' Bambusa spinosa'' Roxb. – Indonesia, Philippines; naturalized in southern China, Ryukyu Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa stenoaurita'' (W.T.Lin) T.H.Wen – Guangdong #'' Bambusa subaequalis'' H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia – Sichuan #''

Bambusa subtruncata ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa surrecta'' (Q.H.Dai) Q.H.Dai – Guangxi #'' Bambusa tabacaria'' (Lour.) Steud. – Vietnam, Java, Maluku #''

Bambusa teres ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' Munro – Tibet, Guangdong, Guangxi, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar #''

Bambusa textilis ''Bambusa textilis'', also known as slender bamboo, clumping bamboo and weaver's bamboo, is a species of bamboo in the Poaceae (grasses) family that is native to China. The subspecies ''var. gracilis'' is heavily cultivated in Australia. Descri ...

'' McClure – Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam; naturalized in Colombia, Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa transvenula'' (W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng) N.H.Xia – Guangdong #'' Bambusa truncata'' B.M.Yang – Hunan #''

Bambusa tsangii ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' McClure – Vietnam #''

Bambusa tulda ''Bambusa tulda'', or Indian timber bamboo (alternatively spineless Indian bamboo or Bengal bamboo), is considered to be one of the most useful of bamboo species. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan, and naturali ...

'' Roxb – Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, India, Bangladesh, northern Indochina; naturalized in Iraq, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico #''

Bambusa tuldoides ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' Munro – Guangdong, Guangxi, Indochina; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands, Bangladesh, Chiapas, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Trinidad, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia #'' Bambusa utilis'' W.C.Lin – Taiwan #'' Bambusa valida'' (Q.H.Dai) W.T.Lin – Guangxi #'' Bambusa variostriata'' (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa ventricosa'' McClure – Guangdong, Vietnam; naturalized in Brazil, Malaysia #'' Bambusa villosula'' Kurz – Myanmar #'' Bambusa vinhphuensis'' T.Q.Nguyen – Vietnam #''

Bambusa viridis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' Widjaja – western New Guinea #''

Bambusa vulgaris ''Bambusa vulgaris'', common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several r ...

'' Schrad. – Yunnan, Indochina; naturalized in parts of Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Indian Subcontinent, Latin America, West Indies, United States (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey) #''

Bambusa wenchouensis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). The ...

'' (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng, Y.M.Lin – Fujian, Zhejiang #'' Bambusa xiashanensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa xueana'' Ohrnb. – Yunnan

Fossil record

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leaves of †''Bambusa ilinskiae'' are described from the

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deposits of the

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. The fossil leaves of †''Bambusa lugdunensis'' are known mainly from the

of the Massif du Coiron in Ardèche,

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, Miocene of

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, Middle Miocene of

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, the Neogene of the Trans

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and the

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''Bambusa'' leaf impressions of Messinian age (ca. 5.7 Ma) from Monte Tondo in the Romagna Apennines in northern

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, are similar to fossil †''Bambusa lugdunensis'' leaves.Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Messinian macrofossil floras of Tossignano and Monte Tondo (Vena del Gesso Basin, Romagna Apennines, northern Italy) – Vasilis Teodoridis, Zlatko Kvacek, Marco Sami and Edoardo Martinetto – December 2015 .

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q311331 Bambusoideae genera

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, ...

Species

Fossil record

See also

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