- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Bambusa Schreb.
Bambusa spinosa Roxb.
- Genus: Bambusa Schreb.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Jawa to Maluku.
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora under the synonym Bambusa blumeana
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 50-100 mm diam.; woody; with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid; spreading. Buds or branches present on lower quarter of culm. Culm-sheaths 15-30 cm long; hispid; with dark brown hairs; auriculate; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 5 mm high; ciliate. Culm-sheath blade ovate; narrower than sheath; reflexed; pubescent; acute. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking, or ciliate. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate, or truncate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10-20 cm long; 10-20 mm wide.
- Inflorescences
- Synflorescence bractiferous; clustered at the nodes; in untidy tufts; with glumaceous subtending bracts; with axillary buds at base of spikelet; prophyllate below lateral spikelets.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 5-12 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 30-45 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes definite; zig-zag; 4 mm long; eventually visible between lemmas; pubescent.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 5-12 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 30-45 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes definite; zig-zag; 4 mm long; eventually visible between lemmas; pubescent.
- Glume
- Glumes several.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma lanceolate; 6-8 mm long; without keel. Lemma apex acute. Palea 1 length of lemma. Palea keels ciliate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 3. Anthers 6; 4-5 mm long. Stigmas 3. Ovary umbonate; pubescent on apex.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Distribution
- Asia-temperate: China and eastern Asia. Asia-tropical: Indo-China and Malesia. Pacific: northwestern.
- Reference
- Bambuseae. Holttum 1995.
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Distribution
Native to:
Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Philippines
Introduced into:
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Laos, Malaya, Nansei-shoto, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
- Arundarbor blumeana (Schult.f.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor pungens (Blanco) Kuntze
- Arundarbor spinosa (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor teba (Miq.) Kuntze
- Arundo spinosa (Roxb.) Oken
- Bambusa bambos var. spinosa (Roxb.) S.S.Jain & S.Biswas
- Bambusa blumeana Schult.f.
- Bambusa pungens Blanco
- Bambusa stenostachya Hack.
- Bambusa teba Miq.
- Ischurochloa spinosa (Roxb.) Buse
- Schizostachyum durie Rupr.
Other Data
Bambusa spinosa Roxb. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (31 records)
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith [327], India | K000357916 | Unknown type material | ||
| Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India | K000357918 | Unknown type material | ||
| Hamilton [5024], India | K000357917 | Unknown type material | ||
| Clelland, M. [s.n.], India | K000357914 | Unknown type material | ||
| Clelland, M. [s.n.], India | K000357915 | |||
| Aug 1, 1995 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10650], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621816 | |
| Aug 1, 1995 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10650], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621817 | |
| Aug 1, 1995 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10650], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621818 | |
| Aug 1, 1995 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10650], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621819 | |
| Aug 1, 1995 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10650], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621820 | |
| Jul 5, 1995 | Makino, T. [321], Taiwan | Bambusa blumeana | K000854767 | |
| Jan 1, 1992 | Wieringa, J.J. [981], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000631614 | |
| Jan 1, 1963 | King, R.M. [5566], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000631617 | |
| Jan 1, 1963 | King, R.M. [5566], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000631618 | |
| Sep 26, 1961 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10669], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621823 | |
| Sep 26, 1961 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10669], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621824 | |
| Sep 26, 1961 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10669], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621825 | |
| Sep 26, 1961 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10669], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621826 | |
| Sep 26, 1961 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10669], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621827 | |
| Kerr, A.F.G. [4184], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621821 | ||
| Kerr, A.F.G. [4234], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621822 | ||
| Kerr, A.F.G. [8507A], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621829 | ||
| Kerr, A.F.G. [8507A], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621830 | ||
| Kerr, A.F.G. [8507A], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621831 | ||
| Kerr, A.F.G. [8507A], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621832 | ||
| Kerr, A.F.G. [8507A], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621833 | ||
| Larsen, K. [9837], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000631615 | ||
| Dransfield, S. [SD767], Sabah | Bambusa blumeana | K000795297 | ||
| Marcan, A. [220], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000621828 | ||
| Bunnak [248], Thailand | Bambusa blumeana | K000631616 | ||
| Kamarudin, S. [FRI 28821], Peninsular Malaysia | Bambusa blumeana | K000795300 |
Bibliography
First published in Hort. Bengal.: 25 (1814)
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Bambusa bambos.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
- Masamune, G. (1942). Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum: 1-739. Taihoku, Formosa.
Sources
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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