Fargesia nitida

Fargesia nitida
Fargesia nitida
Münster Botanical Gardens, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Fargesia
Species: F. nitida
Binomial name
Fargesia nitida
(Mitford ex Stapf) Keng f. ex T. P. Yi (GRIN)[1]

Fargesia nitida is a clumping bamboo native to Szechwan, China. Medium to small and very cold hardy, but not tolerant of very high summer temperatures. This species bloomed in the years 2002-2005, so is not expected to bloom again for another 120 years.[2]

This bloom is causing problems for the endangered Giant Panda, which consumes bamboo exclusively.[3]

References

  1. "Sorting Fargesia names". Ars-grin.gov.
  2. "Fargesia nitida". Bamboo Garden.
  3. "Flowering bamboo danger to panda population". Retrieved 13 November 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, November 14, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.