''Borinda'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of clumping
bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...
s. The genus was described in 1994 by
Christopher Mark Adrian Stapleton, comprising species previously included in the genera ''
Fargesia
''Fargesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Poaceae, grass family. These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names inclu ...
'' and ''
Yushania
''Yushania'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family.
Recent classification systems place ''Yushania'' in the tribe Arundinarieae.
The species of ''Yushania'' are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chines ...
''.
They have been recognized to present different
flower
Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...
s and shorter
rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from ...
s than ''
Yushania
''Yushania'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family.
Recent classification systems place ''Yushania'' in the tribe Arundinarieae.
The species of ''Yushania'' are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chines ...
s''.
Species range from the eastern Himalayas to south-central China and Vietnam.
[
]
Species
46 species are accepted.[
*'' Borinda acuticontracta''
*'' Borinda adpressa''
*'' Borinda albocerea''
*'' Borinda altior''
*'' Borinda angustissima''
*'' Borinda communis''
*'' Borinda contracta''
*'' Borinda declivis''
*'' Borinda dura''
*'' Borinda edulis''
*'' Borinda elegans''
*'' Borinda emaculata''
*'' Borinda erecta''
*'' Borinda extensa''
*'' Borinda fansipanensis''
*'' Borinda farcta''
*'' Borinda ferax''
*'' Borinda frigidis''
*'' Borinda glabrifolia''
*'' Borinda grossa''
*'' Borinda hsuehiana''
*'' Borinda hygrophila''
*'' Borinda lushuiensis''
*'' Borinda macclureana''
*'' Borinda mairei''
*'' Borinda muliensis''
*'' Borinda nivalis''
*'' Borinda nujiangensis''
*'' Borinda papyrifera''
*'' Borinda perlonga''
*'' Borinda pleniculmis''
*'' Borinda praecipua''
*'' Borinda sagittatinea''
*'' Borinda similaris''
*'' Borinda solida''
*'' Borinda stricta''
*'' Borinda strigosa''
*'' Borinda subflexuosa''
*'' Borinda sylvestris''
*'' Borinda tengchongensis''
*'' Borinda utilis''
*'' Borinda viridis''
*'' Borinda xianggelilaensis''
*'' Borinda yajiangensis''
*'' Borinda yulongshanensis''
*'' Borinda zayuensis''
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2356926
Bambusoideae
Bambusoideae genera
Flora of South-Central China
Flora of East Himalaya
Flora of Tibet
Flora of Vietnam
Taxa described in 1994