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Guide to Bamboos in ‘western’ cultivation

For cultivated bamboo of Europe, N America, and many other temperate or subtropical parts of the world, the species are being compiled into a guide that will have better descriptions verified from cultivated plants, and detailed illustrations (close-up photos) of the more important parts of the plant. The descriptions are being developed from a draft bamboo account originally written for the Flora of N America Grasses, supported by Utah State University, but further support is needed to verify, improve and illustrate the descriptions. An abridged version, as published in FNA Vol 24 (10 species from Arundinaria, Bambusa, Phyllostachys and Pseudosasa) is online in the Grass Manual on the Web

See also:      Quick identification by photos                 Vegetative Key to Cultivated Genera Guide to Genera and Species: Acidosasa Ampelocalamus Arundinaria Bambusa Bashania Borinda Brachystachyum Cephalostachyum Chimonobambusa Chimonocalamus Chusquea Dendrocalamus Dinochloa Drepanostachyum   Fargesia Gaoligongshania Gigantochloa Guadua Hibanobambusa Himalayacalamus Indocalamus Indosasa Leleba Lingnania Melocalamus Melocanna Menstruocalamus Nastus   Neohouzeaua Neololeba Neomicrocalamus Nipponocalamus Oligostachyum Olmeca Otatea Oxytenanthera Phyllostachys Pleioblastus Pseudosasa Qiongzhuea Rhipidocladum Sarocalamus   Sasa Sasaella Sasamorpha Schizostachyum Semiarundinaria Shibataea Sinarundinaria Sinoarundinaria Sinobambusa Sinocalamus Thamnocalamus Thyrsostachys Yushania