Pseudosasa

Pseudosasa
	Pseudosasa japonica
Systematics
	Commelinids
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily :	Bamboo (Bambusoideae)
Tribe :	Arundinarieae
Genre :	Pseudosasa
Scientific name
	Pseudosasa
	Makino ex Nakai

Pseudosasa is agenus of bamboo belonging to the Subertribus Arundinariinae.

description

Pseudosasa are medium-sized bamboo species with a stature height of 50 cm ( Pseudosasa owatarii Pygmaee) to 13 m ( Pseudosasa amabilis ). They form a twig per node and have elongated leaves whose stalk sheaths stick. They form runners . Propagation is possible by dividing the clumps or by using rhizome sections.

etymology

The generic name Pseudosasa is derived from the Greek pseudo = false and from the Japanese sasa = "bamboo grass".

Pseudosasa hindsii

Japanese arrow bamboo ( Pseudosasa japonica )

Pseudosasa viridula

Systematics and distribution

It was first described by Nakai Takenoshin .

The genus consists of 19 (up to 36) species from southern China, northern Vietnam, Korea and the extreme south of Japan; almost all species are native to China.

It is divided into the sub-genera:

Subgenus Pseudosasa

Subgenus Sinicae S.L. Chen & GYSheng

The following types are known:

Pseudosasa aeria T.H.Wen : Zhejiang .
Pseudosasa amabilis (McClure) Keng f. : Southeast China to Vietnam. With the varieties:
- Pseudosasa amabilis var. Amabilis
- Pseudosasa amabilis var. Convexa Z.P.Wang & GHYe
- Pseudosasa amabilis var. Farinosa C.S.Chao ex SLChen & GYSheng
Pseudosasa brevivaginata G.H. Lai : Anhui .
Pseudosasa cantorii (Munro) Keng.f. : Southeast China to Hainan.
Pseudosasa gracilis S.L.Chen & GYSheng : Southern Hunan .
Pseudosasa hindsii (Munro) CDChu & CSChao (Syn .: Pseudosasa magilaminaris B.M.Yang ): Southeastern China.
Pseudosasa humilis (Mitford) TQNguyen : Northern and Central Japan.
Japanese arrow bamboo ( Pseudosasa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. Ex Steud.) Makino ): Southern Korea, central and southern Japan.
Pseudosasa jiangleensis N.X. Zhao & NHXia : Southeast China.
Pseudosasa longiligula T.H.Wen : Guangxi .
Pseudosasa maculifera J.L.Lu : South Henan , South Zhejiang. With the varieties:
- Pseudosasa maculifera var. Hirsuta S.L. Chen & GYSheng
- Pseudosasa maculifera var. Maculifera
Pseudosasa nabeshimana (Koidz.) Koidz. : Kyushu .
Pseudosasa orthotropa S.L. Chen & THWen : Fujian , Jiangxi , Zhejiang .
Pseudosasa owatarii (Makino) Makino : Yakushima .
Pseudosasa pubiflora (Keng) Keng f. ex DZLi & LMGao : Northern Guangdong , Southern Hunan, Southern Jiangxi .
Pseudosasa subsolida S.L.Chen & GYSheng (Syn .: Pseudosasa yuelushanensis B.M.Yang ): Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi. Below the form:
- Pseudosasa subsolida f. auricoma J.G. Zheng & QFZheng
Pseudosasa viridula S.L. Chen & GYSheng : Zhejiang.
Pseudosasa wuyiensis S.L.Chen & GYSheng : Fujian.
Pseudosasa xishuangbannaensis D.Z.Li, YXZhang & Triplett : It wasfirst describedin 2013 from Yunnan .
Pseudosasa zhongyanensis S.H.Chen, KFHuang & HZGuo : Fujian .

The following is no longer included in the genus Pseudosasa :

Pseudosasa acutivagina T.H.Wen & SCChen => Acidosasa nanunica (McClure) CSChao & GYYang

Sources and further information

Individual evidence

↑ w3TROPICOS
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Pseudosasa. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 23, 2018.

literature

Simon Crouzet and Oliver Colin: Bamboo. Agrarverlag 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4195-7 .

Web links

Commons : Pseudosasa - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] w3TROPICOS

[WCSP-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Pseudosasa. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 23, 2018.