Bambusa

Bambusa is a large genus (about 37 species) of clumping bamboos. These species are usually giant ones, with numerous branches at a node and one or two much larger than the rest. They are found in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, especially in the monsoon and wet Tropics.

Synonymy

This genus has been brought into synonymy with Dendrocalamopsis (L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung) Keng.f..

Genera

The following bamboo genera have (at some time or other) been included in Bambusa:

Arundarbor Kuntze
Bonia Balansa
Eremocaulon Soderstrom & Londoño (including Criciuma Soderstrom & Londoño)
Guadua Kunth
Holttumochloa K.M.Wong
Ischurochloa Büse
Kinabaluchloa K.M.Wong
Leleba Nakai
Lingnania McClure
Maclurochloa K.M.Wong
Mullerochloa K.M.Wong
Neololeba Widjaja
Soejatmia K.M.Wong
Tetragonocalamus Nakai
Bambusae Caulis - (syn. Phyllostachysis Caulis; Bambusa tuldoides) Zhu ru in Chinese

Translation

The word "Bambusa" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Catalan, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Western Panjabi: بانس, Tongan: Pitu, Vietnamese: Chi Tre, Chinese: 簕竹属.