''Sasa'' (
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
: or ), also called broad-leaf bamboo,
is a
genus
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of running
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 ...
. These species have at most one branch per node.
Selected species
* ''Sasa borealis''
(Hack.) Makino & Shibata – northern bamboo,
Jirisan bamboo
* ''Sasa kagamiana''
* ''Sasa kurilensis''
(Rupr.) Makino & Shibata – chishimazasa, Kuril bamboo,
Korean bamboo
* ''
Sasa nagimontana Sasa may refer to:
People
* Saša, a given name
* Genjū Sasa (1900–1959), Japanese film director and critic
* Sa'sa'a bin Sohan (598–666), a companion of Imam Ali revered by Shia Muslims
* Sasa (politician), special envoy to the United Natio ...
'' – muroi
* ''
Sasa nipponica''
(Makino) Makino & Shibata
* ''
Sasa oshidensis Sasa may refer to:
People
* Saša, a given name
* Genjū Sasa (1900–1959), Japanese film director and critic
* Sa'sa'a bin Sohan (598–666), a companion of Imam Ali revered by Shia Muslims
* Sasa (politician), special envoy to the United Natio ...
''
* ''
Sasa palmata''
(Burb.) E.G.Camus – broad-leaf bamboo
* ''
Sasa senanensis Sasa may refer to:
People
* Saša, a given name
* Genjū Sasa (1900–1959), Japanese film director and critic
* Sa'sa'a bin Sohan (598–666), a companion of Imam Ali revered by Shia Muslims
* Sasa (politician), special envoy to the United Natio ...
''
* ''
Sasa tsuboiana''
* ''
Sasa veitchii
is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Sasa'', in the Poaceae family.
Description
''Sasa veitchii'' is a large species of bamboo grass which may reach a height of 1-2m, with leaves about 20cm in length and 4-5cm in width. Young leaves ...
'' – kumazasa
Fossil record
Fossil leaves of †''Sasa kodorica'' are described from the
Pliocene
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in
Abkazia
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.
[Acta Palaeobotanica – Supplementum No. 3 – New Fossil Floras from Neogene Deposits in the Belchatow Lignite Mine by Grzegor Worobiec – ]Polish Academy of Sciences
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W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Krakow 2003
See also
*''
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, ...
'' – another genus of bamboo
References
Bambusoideae
Bambusoideae genera
Garden plants of Asia
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