Acidosasa

Acidosasa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Acidosasa
Chu & Chao ex Keng f. 1982
Type species
Acidosasa chinensis
Chu & Chao ex Keng f.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Metasasa W.T.Lin
  • Acidosasa Chu & Chao 1979, not validly published[3]

Acidosasa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.[4][5][6]

Acidosasa is found primarily in Southern China, with 1 species in Vietnam. Its name is formed from Latin acidum ("sour") and Sasa (another bamboo genus), referring to its edible shoots. Young shoots of the plants are preserved by the local population.[7]

Species[1][8]
  1. Acidosasa breviclavata - Guangdong
  2. Acidosasa brilletii - Vietnam
  3. Acidosasa chienouensis - Fujian, Hunan
  4. Acidosasa chinensis - Guangdong
  5. Acidosasa edulis - Fujian
  6. Acidosasa guangxiensis - Guangxi
  7. Acidosasa lingchuanensis - Guangxi
  8. Acidosasa nanunica - Chongqing, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
  9. Acidosasa notata - Fujian, Jiangxi
  10. Acidosasa purpurea - Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan
  11. Acidosasa venusta - Guangdong
formerly included[1]

see Indosasa Oligostachyum Pleioblastus Pseudosasa

  • Acidosasa bilamina - Oligostachyum spongiosum
  • Acidosasa denigrata - Pseudosasa hindsii
  • Acidosasa gigantea - Indosasa gigantea
  • Acidosasa heterolodicula - Oligostachyum scabriflorum
  • Acidosasa lentiginosa - Pleioblastus maculatus
  • Acidosasa macula - Oligostachyum scabriflorum
  • Acidosasa paucifolia - Pseudosasa pubiflora

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Acidosasa C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao
  3. ↑ Chu, Cheng-De & Chao, Chi Son. 1979. Journal of Nanjing Technological College of Forest Products 1979: 142
  4. ↑ Chu, Cheng-De & Chao, Chi Son ex Keng, Pai Chieh. 1982. Journal of Bamboo Research 1(2): 31
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Acidosasa C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao ex Keng f.
  6. ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  7. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 106 酸竹属 suan zhu shu Acidosasa C. D. Chu & C. S. Chao ex P. C. Keng, J. Bamboo Res. 1(2): 31. 1982
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Acidosasa
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