''Sasa'' (plant)

Sasa
Sasa palmata foliage in winter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Subfamily:Bambusoideae
Supertribe:Arundinarodae
Tribe:Arundinarieae
Subtribe:Arundinariinae
Genus:Sasa
Makino & Shibata
Species
  • Sasa kagamiana
  • Sasa borealis
  • Sasa kurilensis - 'Simofuri', fallen snow
  • Sasa nagimontana - muroi
  • Sasa oshidensis
  • Sasa palmata - broadleaf bamboo
  • Sasa senanensis
  • Sasa tsuboiana
  • Sasa veitchii - kuma-zasa
  • etc.

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.

Species

  • Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata – northern bamboo,[1] Jirisan bamboo[1]
  • Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata – Kuril bamboo,[1] Korean bamboo[1]
  • Sasa palmata (Burb.) E.G.Camus – broad-leaf bamboo[1]

Fossil record

Fossil leaves of †Sasa kodorica are described from the Pliocene of Kodori Valley in Abkazia.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 621–622. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  2. ↑ Kew. "World Checklist".
  3. ↑ 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


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