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Taxon:
Bambusa bambos
(L.) Voss
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Bambusa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
Tribe:
Bambuseae
Subtribe:
Bambusinae
Nomen number:
403368
Place of publication:
Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1:1189. 1895
Verified:
03/23/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Arundo bambos
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bambos arundinacea
Retz.
Bambusa arundinacea
(Retz.) Willd.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Note:
=
Bambusa arundinacea
(Retz.) Willd.; lists as
B. bambos
(L.) Voss ex Vilm.
Clark, L. G.
2011. pers. comm.
Note:
common names
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds.
1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:56-60.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Dransfield, S.
1992. The bamboos of Sabah
Note:
mentions
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds.
2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Note:
mentions
Judziewicz, E. J. et al.
2000. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 39:29.
Nicolson, D. H. et al.
1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's
Hortus Malabaricus
. Regnum Veg. 119:306.
Ohrnberger, D.
1999. The bamboos of the world.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Randall, R. P.
2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
URL:
http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Roxas, C. A.
1998. Conservation and improvement of bamboo genetic resources in the Philippines. Bamboo and rattan genetic resources in certain Asian countries. 103-136.
Soderstron, T. R. & R. P. Ellis.
1988. The woody bamboos (Poaceae: Bambuseae) of Sri Lanka: a morphological-anatomical study. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 72:30.
URL:
http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/
Wang Dajun & Shen Shao-Jin.
1987. Bamboos of China
Xia, N. H. & C. M. A. Stapleton.
1997. Typification of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss (Gramineae: Bambusoideae). Kew Bull. 52:693-698.
Young, R. A. & J. R. Haun.
1961. Bamboo in the United States: description, culture and utilization. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 193:36.
Common names
English
giant thorny bamboo –
Reference(s)
Indian thorny bamboo –
Reference(s)
spiny bamboo –
Reference(s)
thorny bamboo –
Reference(s)
French
bambou roseau –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
bambu-espinoso –
Reference(s)
Spanish
bambú –
Reference(s)
Swedish
taggbambu –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
s.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Singapore
2
Cultivated
Northern America
United States
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
(s.)
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Pakistan
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Jawa],
Malaysia
,
Philippines
,
Singapore
Northern America
REGION:
United States
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
Naturalized
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds.
1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:56-60.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Environmental
erosion control
Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds.
1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:56-60.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Human food
vegetable
Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds.
1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:56-60.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Human food
vegetable
Ohrnberger, D.
1999. The bamboos of the world.
Materials
cane
Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds.
1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:56-60.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Materials
cane
Ohrnberger, D.
1999. The bamboos of the world.
Materials
fiber
Ohrnberger, D.
1999. The bamboos of the world.
Materials
fiber
raw material for paper, pulp, plywood
Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds.
1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:56-60.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
as
Bambusa arundinacea
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References