Taxon:
Gigantochloa atroviolacea Widjaja
Summary
Place of publication:
Reinwardtia 10:323. 1987
Verified:
03/24/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Clark, L. G. 2011. Review of Poaceae Bambusoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 22 Jul.
- Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:102. URL: http://proseanet.org
- 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
- Ramanayake, S. M. S. D. et al. 2007. Genetic diversity and relationships between nine species of bamboo in Sri Lanka, using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA. Pl. Syst. Evol. 269:55-61. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Common names
English
black bamboo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Jawa | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sumatera | s. |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
6 | Other | | | | | origin unknown |
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Jawa, Sumatera (s.)], Philippines
Other
(origin unknown)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Bamboo World 297. 1999 | Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. |
Materials | cane | | Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. |
Materials | cane | for furniture & musical instruments | Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:102. URL: http://proseanet.org |