Acidosasa
Encyclopedia
Acidosasa is a genus
of bamboo
(tribe
Bambuseae of the family
Poaceae
). It comprises 6 genera, mostly found in Southern China, with 1 species also in Indochina
. Its name is formed from Latin
acidum ("sour") and Sasa (another bamboo genus), referring to its edible shoots. Young shoots of the plants are preserved by the local population.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
(tribe
Tribe (biology)
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Bambuseae of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
). It comprises 6 genera, mostly found in Southern China, with 1 species also in Indochina
Indochina
The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...
. Its name is formed from Latin
Latin
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acidum ("sour") and Sasa (another bamboo genus), referring to its edible shoots. Young shoots of the plants are preserved by the local population.
Species
- Acidosasa breviclavata
- Acidosasa brilletii
- Acidosasa chinensis
- Acidosasa chinouensis
- Acidosasa edulis
- Acidosasa guangxiensis
- Acidosasa lingchuanensis
- Acidosasa nanunica
- Acidosasa notata
- Acidosasa purpurea
- Acidosasa venusta