Arundinaria

Arundinaria
	Arundaria pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Supertribe:	Bambusodae
Tribe:	Bambuseae
Subtribe:	Arundinariinae
Genus:	Arundinaria; Michx.
Species
	Arundinaria appalachiana - hill cane; Arundinaria gigantea - giant cane; Arundinaria tecta - switchcane;

Arundinaria, commonly known as the canes, is the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World (though several others exist in the American tropics). They are woody and aboresecent The genus is the subject of much taxonomic debate and the number of species included varies depending on the treatment. It is currently treated in a sensu stricto, making it an exclusively North American genus with 3 species that are all endemic to the eastern United States, though other interpretations include a number Old World genera such as Bashania and Sarocalamus. Older systems included the large genera Fargesia and Sasa, giving the genus upwards of 400 species. When Asian taxa are included it is the only bamboo genus to occur in both the Old and New Worlds. The name is derived from the Latin word arundo meaning "reed".^[1]^[2]

The genus Oligostachyum is sometimes considered a synonym of Arundinaria.

References

^ Triplett, J.K.; Weakley, A.S.; Clark, L.G. (2006), "Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains" (PDF), Sida, 22 (1): 79–95, retrieved 2007-07-14 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Clark, Lynn G.; Triplett, J.K. (2006), "Arundinaria", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+ (ed.), Flora of North America, vol. 25, New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, retrieved 2007-07-14 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link)

External link

Description of Arundinaria

[sida-1] Triplett, J.K.; Weakley, A.S.; Clark, L.G. (2006), "Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains" (PDF), Sida, 22 (1): 79–95, retrieved 2007-07-14 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[flora-2] Clark, Lynn G.; Triplett, J.K. (2006), "Arundinaria", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+ (ed.), Flora of North America, vol. 25, New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, retrieved 2007-07-14 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link)

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