Bambusa
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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. This is a mostly cultivated genus.
This genus has been brought into synonymy with Dendrocalamopsis (L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung) Keng.f..See also
The following bamboo genera are sometimes 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 (including Maclurochloa K.M.Wong and Soejatmia K.M.Wong)
- Leleba Nakai
- Lingnania McClure
- Tetragonocalamus Nakai
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