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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, bu ...

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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

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Acidosasa ''Acidosasa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family. ''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 ...

Fargesia ''Fargesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names including umb ...

Gelidocalamus ''Gelidocalamus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized bamboos in the grass family, native primarily to the mountains of eastern China, although one species ''( G. kunishii)'' is native to Taiwan and to the Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands) region i ...

Indocalamus ''Indocalamus'' is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae), native to China, Vietnam and Japan. They are quite small evergreen bamboos normally up to in height, initially forming clumps and then spreading to ...

Oligostachyum ''Oligostachyum'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family, native to coastal China. The genus is sometimes considered a synonym of ''Arundinaria''. ;Species ;Formerly included see ''Pseudosasa'' * ''Oligostachyum orthotropoides – Pseud ...

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 ...

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Sasaella ''Sasaella'' is a genus of Japanese bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family.Suzuki, S. 1976. A revision of the genus ''Sasaella'' Makino (Bambusaceae). (3). Journal of Japanese Botany 51: 220–224. ;Species # ''Sasaella bitchuensis'' (Makino) Koidz ...

Sasamorpha ''Sasamorpha'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.Miyabe, Kingo. 1930. Flora of Hokkaido and Saghalien, 2: 180, Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, v. 26, pt. 1–4 ;Species # '' Sasamo ...

Sinobambusa ''Sinobambusa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family.Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is native to ...

Yushania ''Yushania'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family. Recent classification systems place ''Yushania'' in the tribe Arundinarieae. The species of ''Yushania'' are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chinese ...

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