- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
Bambusa Schreb.

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 affinis Munro
- Bambusa albolineata L.C.Chia
- Bambusa alemtemshii H.B.Naithani
- Bambusa amplexicaulis W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu
- Bambusa angustiaurita W.T.Lin
- Bambusa angustissima L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa arnhemica F.Muell.
- Bambusa assamica Barooah & Borthakur
- Bambusa aurinuda McClure
- Bambusa australis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa balcooa Roxb.
- Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss
- Bambusa barpatharica Borthakur & Barooah
- Bambusa basihirsuta McClure
- Bambusa basihirsutoides N.H.Xia
- Bambusa basisolida W.T.Lin
- Bambusa beecheyana Munro
- Bambusa bicicatricata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa binghamii Gamble
- Bambusa boniopsis McClure
- Bambusa brevispicula Holttum
- Bambusa brunneoaciculia G.A.Fu
- Bambusa burmanica Gamble
- Bambusa cacharensis R.B.Majumdar
- Bambusa cerosissima McClure
- Bambusa chungii McClure
- Bambusa chunii L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa clavata Stapleton
- Bambusa comillensis Alam
- Bambusa concava W.T.Lin
- Bambusa contracta L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa copelandii Gamble
- Bambusa corniculata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa cornigera McClure
- Bambusa crispiaurita W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu
- Bambusa dahuazhu T.P.Yi & B.X.Li
- Bambusa dampaeana H.B.Naithani, Garbyal & N.S.Bisht
- Bambusa deformis T.P.Yi & Lin Yang
- Bambusa diaoluoshanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa dissimulator McClure
- Bambusa distegia (Keng & Keng f.) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa dolichoclada Hayata
- Bambusa duriuscula W.T.Lin
- Bambusa emeiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa eutuldoides McClure
- Bambusa excurrensa G.A.Fu
- Bambusa farinacea K.M.Wong
- Bambusa fimbriligulata McClure
- Bambusa flexuosa Munro
- Bambusa fruticosa Holttum
- Bambusa funghomii McClure
- Bambusa garuchokua Barooah & Borthakur
- Bambusa gibba McClure
- Bambusa gibboides W.T.Lin
- Bambusa glabrovagina G.A.Fu
- Bambusa glaucophylla Widjaja
- Bambusa grandis (Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao) Ohrnb.
- Bambusa griffithiana Munro
- Bambusa guangxiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa gurgandii K.M.Wong & Diep
- Bambusa hainanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa heterostachya (Munro) Holttum
- Bambusa hirticaulis R.S.Lin
- Bambusa indigena L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa insularis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa intermedia Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi
- Bambusa jacobsii Widjaja
- Bambusa jaintiana R.B.Majumdar
- Bambusa khasiana Munro
- Bambusa kingiana Gamble
- Bambusa kyathaungtu E.G.Camus
- Bambusa lako Widjaja
- Bambusa lapidea McClure
- Bambusa latideltata W.T.Lin
- Bambusa laxa K.M.Wong
- Bambusa lenta L.C.Chia
- Bambusa longipalea W.T.Lin
- Bambusa longispiculata Gamble
- Bambusa macrolemma Holttum
- Bambusa macrotis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa maculata Widjaja
- Bambusa majumdarii P.Kumari & P.Singh
- Bambusa malingensis McClure
- Bambusa manipureana H.B.Naithani & N.S.Bisht
- Bambusa marginata Munro
- Bambusa merrillii Gamble
- Bambusa mizorameana H.B.Naithani
- Bambusa mohanramii P.Kumari & P.Singh
- Bambusa mollis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa mompana H.B.Naithani
- Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f.
- Bambusa mutabilis McClure
- Bambusa nagalandiana H.B.Naithani
- Bambusa nairiana P.Kumari & P.Singh
- Bambusa nepalensis Stapleton
- Bambusa nutans Wall. ex Munro
- Bambusa odashimae Hatus. ex Ohrnb.
- Bambusa oldhamii Munro
- Bambusa oliveriana Gamble
- Bambusa ooh Widjaja & Astuti
- Bambusa pachinensis Hayata
- Bambusa pallida Munro
- Bambusa papillata (Q.H.Dai) K.M.Lan
- Bambusa papillatoides Q.H.Dai & D.Y.Huang
- Bambusa pervariabilis McClure
- Bambusa pierreana E.G.Camus
- Bambusa piscatorum McClure
- Bambusa polymorpha Munro
- Bambusa procera A.Chev. & A.Camus
- Bambusa prominens H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia
- Bambusa purpurovagian G.A.Fu
- Bambusa ramispinosa L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa rangaensis Borthakur & Barooah
- Bambusa rectocuneata (W.T.Lin) N.H.Xia, R.S.Lin & R.H.Wang
- Bambusa remotiflora (Kuntze) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa riauensis Widjaja
- Bambusa rigida Keng & Keng f.
- Bambusa riparia Holttum
- Bambusa rongchengensis (T.P.Yi & C.Y.Sia) D.Z.Li
- Bambusa rugata (W.T.Lin) Ohrnb.
- Bambusa rutila McClure
- Bambusa salarkhanii Alam
- Bambusa semitecta W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu
- Bambusa sesquiflora (McClure) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa sinospinosa McClure
- Bambusa solida Munro ex Becc.
- Bambusa solomonensis Holttum
- Bambusa spinosa Roxb.
- Bambusa stenoaurita (W.T.Lin) T.H.Wen
- Bambusa striatomaculata G.A.Fu
- Bambusa subaequalis H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia
- Bambusa subtruncata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa surrecta (Q.H.Dai) Q.H.Dai
- Bambusa tabacaria (Lour.) Steud.
- Bambusa teres Buch.-Ham. ex Munro
- Bambusa textilis McClure
- Bambusa transvenula (W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng) N.H.Xia
- Bambusa truncata B.M.Yang
- Bambusa tsangii McClure
- Bambusa tulda Roxb.
- Bambusa tuldoides Munro
- Bambusa utilis W.C.Lin
- Bambusa valida (Q.H.Dai) W.T.Lin
- Bambusa variostriata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa ventricosa McClure
- Bambusa villosula Kurz
- Bambusa vinhphuensis T.Q.Nguyen
- Bambusa viridis Widjaja
- Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.
- Bambusa wenchouensis (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng, Y.M.Lin
- Bambusa xiashanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung
- Bambusa xueana Ohrnb.
- Bambusa xueliniana R.S.Lin & C.H.Zheng
Bambusa Schreb. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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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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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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