Semiarundinaria is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.[2][4]

Semiarundinaria
Semiarundinaria fastuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Semiarundinaria
Makino
Type species
Semiarundinaria fastuosa[1][2]
(Mitford) Makino ex Nakai
Synonyms[3]

Brachystachyum Keng

Semiarundinaria is native to temperate and subtropical woodland in China and Japan. The plants are generally rhizomatous, tall and erect bamboos with cylindrical stems, producing tufts of lanceolate leaves at each node.[5]

Species[3][6]
  1. Semiarundinaria densiflora - Anhui, Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
  2. Semiarundinaria fastuosa - Honshu; cultivated in China
  3. Semiarundinaria fortis - Kyushu
  4. Semiarundinaria kagamiana - Honshu
  5. Semiarundinaria shapoensis - Hainan
  6. Semiarundinaria sinica - Jiangsu, Zhejiang
  7. Semiarundinaria yashadake - Japan
Formerly included[3]

see Acidosasa Chimonocalamus Fargesia Oligostachyum × Phyllosasa Sasaella Sinobambusa Yushania

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 208 (1957)
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Semiarundinaria Nakai
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Nakai, Takenoshin. 1925. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 6(3): 150-151 in Latin
  5. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 151 业平竹属 ye ping zhu shu Semiarundinaria Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 150. 1925.