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The genus Bambusa is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bambusa

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Bambusa affinis Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa albociliata Munro	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa albolineata L.C.Chia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa alemtemshii H.B.Naithani	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa amahussana Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa amplexicaulis W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa angustiaurita W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa angustissima L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa aristata Lodd. ex Lindl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa arnhemica F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa assamica Barooah & Borthakur	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa aurea Siebold	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa aurinuda McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa australis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa balcooa Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa barpatharica Borthakur & Barooah	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa basihirsuta McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa basihirsutoides N.H.Xia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa basisolida W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa beecheyana Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa bicicatricata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa bifida Nakai	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa binghamii Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa blumeana Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa boniopsis McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa brevispicula Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa brunneoaciculia G.A.Fu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa burmanica Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa cacharensis R.B.Majumdar	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa cerosissima McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa chungii McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa chunii L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa clavata Stapleton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa comillensis Alam	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa concava W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa contracta L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa copelandii Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa corniculata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa cornigera McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa crispiaurita W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa dampaeana H.B.Naithani, Garbyal & N.S.Bisht	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa diaoluoshanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa diaoluoshanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung ex S.H.Chen	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa dissimulator McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa distegia (Keng & Keng f.) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa dolichoclada Hayata	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa duriuscula W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa emeiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa erecta Hort. ex Bean	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa eutuldoides McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa farinacea K.M.Wong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa fax (Lour.) Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa fax Poir.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa fimbriligulata McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa flexuosa Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa fortunei Van Houtte ex Munro	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa fruticosa Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa funghomii McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa garuchokua Barooah & Borthakur	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa gibba McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa gibboides W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa gimmei Muroi & Kasahara	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa glabrovagina G.A.Fu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa glaucophylla Widjaja	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa grandis (Q.H.Dai & X.l.Tao ex Keng f.) Ohrnb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa griffithiana Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa guangxiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa hainanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa heterostachya (Munro) Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa himalayensis hort ex Vilmorin	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa horsfieldii Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa indigena L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa inermis (Keng & Keng f.) T.P.Yi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa insularis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa intermedia Hsueh & T.P.Yi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa jacobsii Widjaja	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa jaintiana R.B.Majumdar	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa khasiana Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa kingiana Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa kyathaungtu E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa lako Widjaja	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa lapidea McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa latideltata W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa laxa K.M.Wong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa lenta L.C.Chia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa lineata Caldas	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa longipalea W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa longispiculata Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa lugdunensis Saporta	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa lugdunensis Berger	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa macrolemma Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa macrotis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa maculata Widjaja	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa majumdarii P.Kumari & P.Singh	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa malingensis McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa manipureana H.B.Naithani & N.S.Bisht	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa marginata Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa merrillii Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa microcephala (Pilg.) Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa midori Muroi & Sugim.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa minutuflorus Rupr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa mitis (Lour.) Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa mizorameana H.B.Naithani	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa mohanramii P.Kumari & P.Singh	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa mollis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa moreheadiana F.M.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Bambusa mutabilis McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa myrtiflora Peter	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa nagalandiana H.B.Naithani	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa nairiana P.Kumari & P.Singh	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa nepalensis Stapleton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa neumanni Hort. ex E. G. Camus	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa nigro-punctata Hort. ex E. G. Camus	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa nutans Wall. ex Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa odashimae Hatus. ex D.Z.Li & Stapleton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa odashimae Hatus. ex Ohrnberger	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa oldhamii Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa oliveriana Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa omeiensis Chia & H.L. Fung	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa ooh Widjaja & Astuti	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa pachinensis Hayata	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa pallida Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa papillata (Q.H.Dai) K.M.Lan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa papillatoides Q.H.Dai & D.Y.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa pervariabilis McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa pervariabilis x textilis T.H. Wen	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa pierreana E.G.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa piscatorum McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa polymorpha Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa procera A.Chev. & A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa prominens H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa pygmaea Mitford	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa ramispinosa L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa rangaensis Borthakur & Barooah	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa remotiflora (Kuntze) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa revoluta (W.T.Lin & J.Y.Lin) N.H.Xia, R.H.Wang & R.S.Lin	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa riauensis Widjaja	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa rigida Keng & Keng f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa riparia Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa rongchengensis (T.P.Yi & C.Y.Sia) D.Z.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa rugata (W.T.Lin) Ohrnb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa rutila McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa salarkhanii Alam	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa schizostachyoides Kurz ex Munro	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa semitecta W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa sesquiflora (McClure) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa sinospinosa McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa sinthana E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa solomonensis Holttum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa stenoaurita (W.T.Lin) T.H.Wen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa subaequalis H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa subtruncata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa surrecta (Q.H.Dai) Q.H.Dai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa tabacaria Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa teres Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa textilis McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa thalaw-wa Brandis	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa thalawwa E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa thorelii E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa transvenula (W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng) N.H.Xia	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa truncata B.M.Yang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa tsangii McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa tulda Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa tuldoides Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa utilis W.C.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa valida (Q.H.Dai) W.T.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa variostriata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa vasaria Munro	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa villosula Kurz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa vilmorini Lat-Marl. ex E.G. Camus	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa vinhphuensis T.Q.Nguyen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa virginalis A.Usteri	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa viridis Widjaja	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa vittata-argentea E.G. Camus	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa wamin E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa wenchouensis (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng, Y.M.Lin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa wiesneri Carrière	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa xiashanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Bambusa xueana Ohrnb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 457 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bambusa. Of these 137 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 123 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bambusa. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 457 species names for the genus Bambusa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	137	30.0%
◕	Synonym	265	58.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	55	12.0%

All names

The status of the 580 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bambusa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	138	23.8%
◕	Synonym	387	66.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	55	9.5%

Of the species names,

• 20 are recorded as invalid
• 18 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 457 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bambusa, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	136	235	0	0	371	81.2%
	Medium confidence	0	14	0	0	14	3.1%
	Low confidence	1	16	0	55	72	15.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Bambusa is as follows: