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'' includes: #'' Bambusa affinis'' Munro – Laos, Myanmar #'' Bambusa albolineata'' L.C.Chia – Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang #'' Bambusa alemtemshii'' H.B.Naithani – Nagaland #''

Bambusa amplexicaulis ''Bambusa amplexicaulis'' is a species of '' Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution The bamboo species is first described in an open field of Xihu Village, of Lianping, Guangdong province, China China, officially the People's Republic of C ...

'' W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong #''

Bambusa angustiaurita ''Bambusa angustiaurita'' is a species of '' Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa angustiaurita'' is endemic to temperate regions of Guangdong province of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country ...

'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #''

Bambusa angustissima ''Bambusa angustissima'' is a species of '' Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa angustissima'' is endemic to Gaozhou of Guangdong province of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asi ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #''

Bambusa arnhemica ''Bambusa arnhemica'' is one of three bamboo species native to Australia. It grows in the northwestern areas of the Northern Territory, and is common on riverbanks in Kakadu. Stems turn orange yellow as they harden. Upper stems and branches ar ...

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Bambusa assamica ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' Barooah & Borthakur – Assam #''

Bambusa aurinuda ''Bambusa aurinuda'' is a species of '' Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa aurinuda'' is commonly found in the Tonkin vicinity of Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern e ...

'' McClure – Guangxi, Vietnam #''

Bambusa australis ''Bambusa australis '' is a species of '' Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa australis'' is endemic to Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast As ...

'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Vietnam #''

Bambusa balcooa ''Bambusa balcooa'' is a clumping bamboo native from the Indian subcontinent to Indo-China. Description ''Bambusa balcooa'' is a very large, thick-walled, clumping or sympodial bamboo: growing up to a height of , and a thickness of . Uses ...

'' Roxb. – India, Nepal, Assam, Bangladesh,

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; naturalized in South Africa and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea #''

Bambusa bambos ''Bambusa bambos'', (synonym Gigantichloa maxima) the giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, spiny bamboo, or thorny bamboo (but see '' Bambusa spinosa'') is a species of clumping bamboo native to southern Asia (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka ...

'' ( L.) Voss – India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Assam, Indochina; naturalized in Seychelles, Central America, West Indies, Java, Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines #''

Bambusa barpatharica ''Bambusa barpatharica'' is a species of '' Bambusa'' bamboo. Distribution ''Bambusa barpatharica'' is native to an area from the Indian states of Assam to Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of In ...

'' Borthakur & Barooah – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam #'' Bambusa basihirsuta'' McClure – Guangdong, Zhejiang #'' Bambusa basihirsutoides'' N.H.Xia – Guangdong #'' Bambusa basisolida'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #''

Bambusa beecheyana ''Bambusa beecheyana'' is a species of ''Bambusa'' bamboo. Synonyms Distribution ''Bambusa beecheyana'' is found in Southern China to Indo-China Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) ...

'' Munro – Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan; naturalized in Colombia, Brazil #'' Bambusa bicicatricata'' (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #'' Bambusa binghamii'' Gamble – Myanmar #'' Bambusa boniopsis'' McClure – Hainan #'' Bambusa brevispicula'' Holttum – New Guinea #'' Bambusa brunneoaciculia'' G.A.Fu – Hainan #'' Bambusa burmanica'' Gamble – Bangladesh, Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia #''

Bambusa cacharensis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' R.B.Majumdar – Bangladesh, Assam #'' Bambusa cerosissima'' McClure – Guangdong. Guangxi, Vietnam #'' Bambusa chungii'' McClure – Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan #'' Bambusa chunii'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Laos; cultivated in Hong Kong #'' Bambusa clavata'' Stapleton – Bhutan #'' Bambusa comillensis'' Alam – india #'' Bambusa concava'' W.T.Lin – Hainan #'' Bambusa contracta'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong, Guangxi #'' Bambusa copelandii'' Gamble – Myanmar #'' Bambusa corniculata'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #'' Bambusa cornigera'' McClure – Guangxi #'' Bambusa crispiaurita'' W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong #''

Bambusa dahuazhu ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' T.P.Yi & B.X.Li #''

Bambusa dampaeana ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' H.B.Naithani, Garbyal & N.S.Bisht – Mizoram #''

Bambusa daporijoeana ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' H.B.Naithani & Kandwal #''

Bambusa deformis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' T.P.Yi & Lin Yang #'' Bambusa diaoluoshanensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #'' Bambusa dissimulator'' McClure – Guangdong, Vietnam; naturalized in Brazil, Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa distegia'' (Keng & Keng f.) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Sichuan #''

Bambusa dolichoclada ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' Hayata – Fujian, Taiwan; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands #'' Bambusa duriuscula'' W.T.Lin – Hainan #'' Bambusa emeiensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Bambusa eutuldoides'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi; naturalized in Colombia #''

Bambusa excurrensa ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' G.A.Fu #'' Bambusa farinacea'' K.M.Wong – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia #'' Bambusa fimbriligulata'' McClure – Myanmar #'' Bambusa flexuosa'' Munro – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Guangdong, Hainan #'' Bambusa fruticosa'' Holttum – Papua New Guinea #'' Bambusa funghomii'' McClure – Henan, Guangdong, Guangxi #''

Bambusa garuchokua ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' Barooah & Borthakur – Assam #'' Bambusa gibba'' McClure – Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi; naturalized in Ecuador #'' Bambusa gibboides'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #'' Bambusa glabrovagina'' G.A.Fu – Hainan #'' Bambusa glaucophylla'' Widjaja – Java #'' Bambusa grandis'' (Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao) Ohrnb. – Guangxi #'' Bambusa griffithiana'' Munro – Manipur, Myanmar #'' Bambusa guangxiensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #''

Bambusa gurgandii ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' K.M.Wong & Diep #'' Bambusa hainanensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #'' Bambusa heterostachya'' (Munro) Holttum – Peninsular Malaysia #'' Bambusa horsfieldii'' Munro – Java, Philippines #'' Bambusa indigena'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa insularis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Hainan #'' Bambusa intermedia'' Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi – Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Bambusa jacobsii'' Widjaja – Java #'' Bambusa jaintiana'' R.B.Majumdar – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar #'' Bambusa khasiana'' Munro – Assam #'' Bambusa kingiana'' Gamble – Myanmar #''

Bambusa kyathaungtu ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' E.G.Camus #'' Bambusa lako'' Widjaja – Timor #'' Bambusa lapidea'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Bambusa latideltata'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #'' Bambusa laxa'' K.M.Wong – Peninsular Malaysia #'' Bambusa lenta'' L.C.Chia – Fujian #''

Bambusa lituiformis ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' W.Arthan, Teerawat. & Sungkaew #'' Bambusa longipalea'' W.T.Lin – Guangdong #'' Bambusa longispiculata'' Gamble – Bangladesh, Myanmar; naturalized in Vietnam, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico #†'' Bambusa lugdunensis'' Saporta –

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#'' Bambusa macrolemma'' Holttum – New Britain #'' Bambusa macrotis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa maculata'' Widjaja – Maluku #'' Bambusa majumdarii'' P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya #'' Bambusa malingensis'' McClure – Hainan; naturalized in Cuba #'' Bambusa manipureana'' H.B.Naithani & N.S.Bisht – Manipur #'' Bambusa marginata'' Munro – Myanmar #'' Bambusa merrillii'' Gamble – Luzon #'' Bambusa microcephala'' (Pilg.) Holttum – New Guinea #'' Bambusa mizorameana'' H.B.Naithani – Mizoram #'' Bambusa mohanramii'' P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya #'' Bambusa mollis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #'' Bambusa multiplex'' (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f. – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan; naturalized in Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Iraq, Bismarck Archipelago, New Zealand, Chiapas, Central America, West Indies, Colombia, Ecuador, eastern Brazil, Florida, Georgia, Alabama #'' Bambusa mutabilis'' McClure – Hainan; naturalized in Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa nagalandiana'' H.B.Naithani – Nagaland #'' Bambusa nairiana'' P.Kumari & P.Singh – Meghalaya #'' Bambusa nepalensis'' Stapleton – Nepal #''

Bambusa nghiana ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' V.T.Tran - Vietnam, Thailand #'' Bambusa nutans'' Wall. ex Munro – Himalayas of eastern + northern India; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam #'' Bambusa odashimae'' Hatus. ex D.Z.Li & Stapleton – Taiwan; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands #''

Bambusa oldhamii ''Bambusa oldhamii'', known as giant timber bamboo or Oldham's bamboo, is a large species of bamboo. It is the most common and widely grown bamboo in the United States and has been introduced into cultivation around the world. It is densely foli ...

'' Munro – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Zhejiang; naturalized in Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, New Zealand, Chiapas, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru #'' Bambusa oliveriana'' Gamble – Myanmar #'' Bambusa ooh'' Widjaja & Astuti – Bali #'' Bambusa pachinensis'' Hayata – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang #'' Bambusa pallida'' Munro – Sikkim, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Indochina #'' Bambusa papillata'' (Q.H.Dai) K.M.Lan – Guangxi #''

Bambusa papillatoides ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' Q.H.Dai & D.Y.Huang – Guangxi #'' Bambusa pervariabilis'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi; naturalized in Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa pierreana'' E.G.Camus – Thailand, Vietnam #'' Bambusa piscatorum'' McClure – Hainan #'' Bambusa polymorpha'' Munro – Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand; naturalized in Assam, Sri Lanka, Java, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ecuador #'' Bambusa procera'' A.Chev. & A.Camus – Vietnam, Cambodia #'' Bambusa prominens'' H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia – Sichuan #''

Bambusa purpurovagian ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' G.A.Fu #'' Bambusa ramispinosa'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangxi #'' Bambusa rangaensis'' Borthakur & Barooah – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam #'' Bambusa rectocuneata'' (W.T.Lin) N.H.Xia, R.S.Lin & R.H.Wang – Guangdong #'' Bambusa remotiflora'' (Kuntze) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam #'' Bambusa riauensis'' Widjaja – Sumatra #'' Bambusa rigida'' Keng & Keng f. – Sichuan #'' Bambusa riparia'' Holttum – Papua New Guinea #'' Bambusa rongchengensis'' (T.P.Yi & C.Y.Sia) D.Z.Li – Sichuan #'' Bambusa rugata'' (W.T.Lin) Ohrnb. – Guangdong #'' Bambusa rutila'' McClure – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan #'' Bambusa salarkhanii'' Alam – Nepal, Bangladesh #'' Bambusa semitecta'' W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu – Guangdong #'' Bambusa sesquiflora'' (McClure) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Thailand, Vietnam #'' Bambusa sinospinosa'' McClure – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan #'' Bambusa solida'' Munro ex Becc. – Borneo #'' Bambusa solomonensis'' Holttum – Solomon Islands #'' Bambusa spinosa'' Roxb. – Indonesia, Philippines; naturalized in southern China, Ryukyu Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Puerto Rico (synonym ''B. blumeana'' ) #'' Bambusa stenoaurita'' (W.T.Lin) T.H.Wen – Guangdong #'' Bambusa subaequalis'' H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia – Sichuan #'' Bambusa subtruncata'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa surrecta'' (Q.H.Dai) Q.H.Dai – Guangxi #'' Bambusa tabacaria'' (Lour.) Steud. – Vietnam, Java, Maluku #'' Bambusa teres'' Munro – Tibet, Guangdong, Guangxi, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar #'' Bambusa textilis'' McClure – Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam; naturalized in Colombia, Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa transvenula'' (W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng) N.H.Xia – Guangdong #''

Bambusa truncata ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' B.M.Yang – Hunan #'' Bambusa tsangii'' McClure – Vietnam #''

Bambusa tulda ''Bambusa tulda'', or Indian timber bamboo (alternatively spineless Indian bamboo or Bengal bamboo), is considered to be one of the most useful of bamboo species. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan, and naturali ...

'' Roxb – Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, India, Bangladesh, northern Indochina; naturalized in Iraq, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico #'' Bambusa tuldoides'' Munro – Guangdong, Guangxi, Indochina; naturalized in Ryukyu Islands, Bangladesh, Chiapas, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Trinidad, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia #'' Bambusa utilis'' W.C.Lin – Taiwan #'' Bambusa valida'' (Q.H.Dai) W.T.Lin – Guangxi #'' Bambusa variostriata'' (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #'' Bambusa ventricosa'' McClure – Guangdong, Vietnam; naturalized in Brazil, Malaysia #'' Bambusa villosula'' Kurz – Myanmar #'' Bambusa vinhphuensis'' T.Q.Nguyen – Vietnam #'' Bambusa viridis'' Widjaja – western New Guinea #''

Bambusa vulgaris ''Bambusa vulgaris'', common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and ...

'' Schrad. – Yunnan, Indochina; naturalized in parts of Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Indian Subcontinent, Latin America, West Indies, United States (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey) #'' Bambusa wenchouensis'' (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng, Y.M.Lin – Fujian, Zhejiang #'' Bambusa xiashanensis'' L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung – Guangdong #''

Bambusa xueana ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' Ohrnb. – Yunnan #''

Bambusa xueliniana ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'' R.S.Lin & C.H.Zheng Note: now placed in '' Pseudobambusa'': *''B. schizostachyoides'' Kurz ex Gamble – Myanmar, Vietnam, Andaman Islands

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leaves of †''Bambusa ilinskiae'' are described from the

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age (ca. 5.7 Ma) from Monte Tondo in the

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, are similar to fossil †''Bambusa lugdunensis'' leaves.Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Messinian macrofossil floras of Tossignano and Monte Tondo (Vena del Gesso Basin, Romagna Apennines, northern Italy) – Vasilis Teodoridis, Zlatko Kvacek, Marco Sami and Edoardo Martinetto – December 2015 .

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Fossil record

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