Pseudosasa

Pseudo- japonica

Pseudosasa is a genus of bamboo subtribes Arundinariinae.

Description

Pseudosasa are medium-sized bamboo species grows to a height of 50 cm ( P. owatarii Pygmy ) to 13 m ( P. amabilis ). Do you make per Nodie a branch and have oblong leaves whose Halmscheiden adhere. They form foothills. An increase is possible by division of clumps or by rhizome fragments.

Etymology

The genus name Pseudosasa derives from Greek pseudo = false, and by Japanese sasa = " bamboo grass ".

Systematics and distribution

The first description was by Nakai Takenoshin.

The genus consists of 19 ( to 36) species from southern China, northern Vietnam, Korea and the extreme south of Japan; almost all species are native to China.

Subgenera:

Ways:

  • Pseudosasa acutivagina
  • Pseudosasa aeria
  • Pseudosasa amabilis: Pseudosasa amabilis amabilis var
  • Pseudosasa amabilis var convexa
  • Pseudosasa amabilis var farinosa
  • Pseudosasa maculifera var hirsuta
  • Pseudosasa maculifera var maculifera
  • Pseudosasa subsolida f auricoma

Sources and further information

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