Poaceae
Bambusa

Bambusa textilis McClure

First published in Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 9: 14 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi) to Vietnam. It is a bamboo and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

China Southeast, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Colombia, Mexico Gulf, Puerto Rico

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.21829/abm126.2019.1379. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 12, 2013 China K000854750 No
Feb 12, 2013 K000854751 No
Feb 12, 2013 China K000854749 No
Feb 12, 2013 China K000854748 No
Jan 30, 2013 China K000482728 No
Jan 30, 2013 China K000482729 No
Jan 30, 2013 China K000854769 No
Jan 30, 2013 China K000854768 No
Jan 1, 1948 McClure, F.A. [21582] Guatemala K001472139 Yes
Jan 1, 1948 McClure, F.A. [21582] Guatemala K001472138 Yes
Fung, H.L. [21416] China K000854749 Type Yes
McClure, F.A. [21311] China K002878233 Yes
Fung, H.L. [21356] K000854751 Type Yes
Fung, H.L. [40] China K000854748 Type Yes
Edelman, D.K.; Delgado, S. [28] Puerto Rico K002878238 Yes
Edelman, D.K.; Delgado, S. [28] Puerto Rico K002878235 Yes
Li, P.F. [143] China K000854750 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edelman, D.K. [21] Puerto Rico K002878239 Yes
Edelman, D.K. [21] Puerto Rico K002878240 Yes
Edelman, D.K.; Delgado, S. [28] Puerto Rico K002878234 Yes
Stapleton [1132] United States K002878046 Yes
Edelman, D.K.; Delgado, S. [28] Puerto Rico K002878237 Yes
Stapleton [1132] United States K002878045 Yes
McClure, F.A. [21311] China K002878232 No
Edelman, D.K.; Delgado, S. [28] Puerto Rico K002878236 Yes
McClure, F.A. [21582], Guatemala K001472138 Yes
McClure, F.A. [21582], Guatemala K001472139 Yes
El Salvador K001472140 Yes
El Salvador K001472141 Yes
Nan-Zhu [2813] Hong Kong Bambusa textilis var. glabra K002876016 Yes
Nan-Zhu [2753] Hong Kong Bambusa textilis var. pubescens K002876014 Yes
Nan-Zhu [2813] Hong Kong Bambusa textilis var. pubescens K002876017 Yes
Nan-Zhu [2768] Hong Kong Bambusa textilis var. pubescens K002876015 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0