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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phyllostachys Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3: 745-746 (1843), nom. cons.
Vernacular Name(s):
Bamboo
Description
Tall or medium-sized, often diffuse; rhizomes short or long with monopodial branching; shoots arising from lateral buds; culms well spaced. Culm nodes prominent; internodes hollow, flattened or grooved on alternate sides above each node, usually terete below lowest branches. Culm-sheath deciduous, usually < internodes, often darkly spotted. Branches usually 3 per node, central branch small, rudimentary or 0, the others markedly unequal. Leaf-sheath often with oral bristles and auricles. Leaf-blade distinctly tessellate, apex characteristically dying long before remainder of leaf-blade (at least in N.Z.). Inflorescence a panicle, composed of many spike-like clusters. Spikelets subtended by large ± foliaceous bracts, usually 5–13-flowered. Glumes (0)–2–(3). Lodicules 3. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Exotic: Casual | 2 |
| Total | 5 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Siebold, P.F.; Zuccarini, J.G. 1843: Plantarum quas in Japonica collegit Dr. Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Genera Nova, notis characteristicis delineationibusque illustrata proponunt. Fasciculus primus. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 3: 717–749.
Sykes, W.R. 2000: Subfamily Bamusoideae. In: Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. 19–39.
