Biology:Sasa (plant)
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Short description: Genus of bamboo plants
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| Sasa palmata foliage in winter | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Sasa (Japanese: ササ or 笹), also called broad-leaf bamboo,[1] is a genus of running bamboo.[2] These species have at most one branch per node.
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 – kumazasa
Fossil record
Fossil leaves of †Sasa kodorica are described from the Pliocene of Kodori Valley in Abkazia.[3]
See also
- Pseudosasa – another genus of bamboo
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 621–622. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ↑ Kew. "World Checklist". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=440215.
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2322484 entry
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