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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pseudosasa Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 150 (1925)
Description
Tall or medium-sized with short or running monopodial rhizomes. Culms dense, forming thickets; nodes not prominent; internodes hollow, terete. Branches 1 per node, sometimes 2–3 at upper nodes, absent from lower nodes. Culm-sheath persistent, > internodes but ≤ upper internodes, unspotted; auricles absent; oral bristles usually absent, smooth if present. Leaf-sheath without auricles and oral bristles. Leaf-blade tessellate. Inflorescence a racemose panicle. Spikelets 3–8-flowered. Glumes 2. Lodicules 3. Stamens 3–(4). Stigmas 3. Fig. 1.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Nakai, T. 1925: Two new genera of Bambusaceae, with special remarks on the related genera growing in eatsern Asia. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 6: 145–154.
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.
