Davidsea

Davidsea attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Melocanninae
Genus: Davidsea
Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis
Species: D. attenuata
Binomial name
Davidsea attenuata
(Thwaites) Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis
Synonyms[1]

Davidsea attenuata is a Sri Lankan species of bamboo in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Davidsea attenuata is only known species of the genus Davidsea.[1] The people of its natural range in Sri Lanka use the leaves to weave baskets.

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Soderstrom, Thomas Robert & Ellis, Roger P. 1988. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 72: 59
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Davidsea Soderstr. & R.P. Ellis
  4. ↑ Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta
  5. ↑ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 375-376 as Bambusa attenuata; descriptions in Latin, commentary in English


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