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Taxon: Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.

Genus: Bambusa
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Bambusoideae tribe: Bambuseae.
Nomen number: 6438
Place of publication: Coll. pl. 2:26, t. 47. 1808
Name verified on: 23-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Mar-2004
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Mayaguez (MAY). Alternate site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • common bamboo   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • golden bamboo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • grand bambou   (Source: Pl Res SEAs ) – French
  • gemeiner bambus   (Source: Bamboo World ) – German
  • daisan-chiku   (Source: Bamboo World ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • bambu-verde   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • bambú común   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated in tropics

      Other:
  • probable origin s.e. Asia

References:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. (F St John) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis. (F CostaR) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 7:74. [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. (Bamboo World) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide. (Bamboo Bhutan)
  • Wang Dajun & Shen Shao-Jin. 1987. Bamboos of China. (Bamboo China) [lists as B. vulgaris Schrad.].
  • Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. (Grass Camer) [lists as B. vulgaris J. C. Wendl.].
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Check other databases for Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl.:

  • World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6438 (09 February 2010)

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