Biology:Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda

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Short description: Species of grass

Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC03058.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Chimonobambusa
Species:
C. tumidissinoda
Binomial name
Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda
Ohrnb.

Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda (筇竹, commonly called walking stick bamboo) is a bamboo species, endemic to southwest Sichuan and northeast Yunnan, China , that has been used for walking sticks since the Han Dynasty. Its culms are 2.5–6 meters in height and 1–3 cm in diameter, with large and greatly swollen disk-like nodes. Although it has been utilized since the Han Dynasty (some 1200 years ago) it somehow escaped scientific description until 1980.[1]

Synonyms

  • Chimonobambusa tumidinoda T.H.Wen
  • Qiongzhuea tumidinoda Hsueh & T.P.Yi
  • Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda (Ohrnb.) Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi

References

  1. Martinelli, Janet, editor-in-chief (2005). Plant. New York: D K Publishing Inc.. p. 276. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15512680 entry