Sasa (plant)

Sasa (Japanese: ササ or ), also called broad-leaf bamboo,[1] is a genus of running bamboo.[2] These species have at most one branch per node.

Sasa
Sasa palmata foliage in winter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Sasa
Makino & Shibata
Selected species

Selected species

  • Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata – northern bamboo,[1] Jirisan bamboo[1]
  • Sasa kagamiana
  • Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata – chishimazasa, Kuril bamboo,[1] Korean bamboo[1]
  • Sasa nagimontana – muroi
  • Sasa nipponica (Makino) Makino & Shibata
  • Sasa oshidensis
  • Sasa palmata (Burb.) E.G.Camus – broad-leaf bamboo[1]
  • Sasa senanensis
  • Sasa tsuboiana
  • Sasa veitchii – kuma-zasa

Fossil record

Fossil leaves of †Sasa kodorica are described from the Pliocene of Kodori Valley in Abkazia.[3]

See also

References

  1. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 621–622. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 via Korea Forest Service.
  2. Kew. "World Checklist".
  3. Acta Palaeobotanica – Supplementum No. 3 – New Fossil Floras from Neogene Deposits in the Belchatow Lignite Mine by Grzegor Worobiec – Polish Academy of Sciences W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Krakow 2003


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