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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sasa Makino & Shibata, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 18 (1901)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bamboo
Description
Short or, more rarely, medium-sized with monopodial rhizomes. Culm diffuse, slender; nodes ± prominent with conspicuous white waxy bloom just below; internodes hollow, terete, ascending. Culm-sheath persistent, < internodes, unspotted. Branches 1 at each node, about as thick as culm, absent from lower and most middle nodes. Oral bristles usually present and scabrid throughout. Leaf-blade large, distinctly tessellate. Inflorescence paniculate. Spikelets 4–10-flowered. Glumes 2. Stamens 6. Stigmas 3.
[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.
Makino, T.; Shibata, K. 1901: On Sasa, a new genus of Bambuseae, and its affinities. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 15: 18–31.
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.
