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Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Bambusa oldhamii Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 109 (1868)
Vernacular Name(s):
green bamboo; oldham bamboo
Description
Large, clump-forming. Culm usually 10–13 m (often taller in cultivation) × 4–8 cm diam., not narrowing for many metres, dark green. Culm-sheath very large, ephemeral dark appressed hairs on the larger shoots only; ligule very short; auricles very small or 0; sheath-blade to c. 13 × 10 cm, broadly triangular. Branches several from each node, usually ≤ 1 m long (plant appearing fastigiate), 1 branch much stouter than others. Leaf-sheath glabrous. Oral bristles prominent. Auricles small. Ligule small. Leaf-blade 8–18 × 1.5–3 cm, ± oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, abaxially green, adaxially darker and ± shining green. Inflorescence culms to c. 1 m, from periphery of clump. Spikelets sessile, in small clusters, 3–4 cm, laterally flattened with glumes appearing plaited, shining purple or greenish purple.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
Bibliography
Munro, Colonel 1868 ("1870"): A monograph of the Bambusaceae, including descriptions of all the species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26: 1–157.
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.
Wilcox, M.; Young, M.; Baynes, H. 2005: Plants of the Auckland Zoo. 20/08/05. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 60(2): 66–82.
