Family:
Poaceae Barnhart

Bambusa Schreb.

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Ascension, Benin, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Libya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South China Sea, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zaïre

Bambusa Schreb. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2003 Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] K001032007 Yes
Apr 25, 2000 Widjada, E.A. [EAW 7359], Sumatera K000795328 No
Friedberg, B. [308], Lesser Sunda Is. K000795339 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5028], Myanmar K001104539 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5037] K001104556 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5024] K001104527 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5027], Myanmar K001104536 Yes
Saw, L.G. [FRI 39949], Peninsular Malaysia K000795335 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5036], India K001104553 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5037] K001104555 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5023], India K001104531 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5033] K001104550 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5035], Nepal K001104552 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5026] K001104533 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5038] K001104560 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5023] K001104532 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5030] K001104541 Yes
Dransfield, S. [SD1317], Philippines K000795258 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5033], Myanmar K001104548 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5024] K001104530 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5030] K001104543 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5031], Nepal K001104545 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5040], Nepal K001104562 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5032], Singapore K001104547 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5026] K001104535 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5026] K001104534 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5025], India K001104526 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5040], Nepal K001104563 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5038], India K001104559 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5027], Myanmar K001104537 Yes
Coutinho, A.P. [s.n.], Brazil K001032008 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5029], Myanmar K001104540 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Philippines K000795327 No
Wong, K.M. [WKM 2871], Thailand K000795340 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5034] K001104551 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5031], Nepal K001104546 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5028], Myanmar K001104538 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5024] K001104528 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5024] K001104529 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5030] K001104544 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5033], Myanmar K001104549 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5038], India K001104558 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5037] K001104557 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5039], India K001104561 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5037] K001104554 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5030] K001104542 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5039], India K001104755 Yes

First published in Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a], 1: 236 (1789)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • corr. Schreb., Gen. Plant. 236 (1789), nom. cons.

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