''Shibataea'' is a

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bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, ...

s in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

.Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database, University of Melbourne., Sorting Shibataea names
/ref> They are unique shorter bamboos with dark green leaves. This genus is more closely related to the genus ''

Phyllostachys ''Phyllostachys'' () is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. Many of the species are found in central and southern China, with a few species in northern Indochina and in the Himalayas. Some of the species have become naturalized in part ...

'' than other small bamboos. Excellent as tall groundcover or short hedges, they are especially suited to climates similar to the

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since they dislike dry climates. They not do well with

alkaline In chemistry, an alkali (; from ar, القلوي, al-qaly, lit=ashes of the saltwort) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a ...

or water-logged soil. They need acidic conditions to prevent leaf burn. They are sometimes called ruscus-leaved bamboo, as the shape of the leaves resembles that of the genus ''

Ruscus ''Ruscus'' is a genus of six species of flowering plants, native to western and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa, and southwestern Asia east to the Caucasus. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Aspa ...

''. These bamboos are very resistant to bamboo mites. They are used to make canes.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 161 鹅毛竹属 e mao zhu shu ''Shibataea'' Makino ex Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 9(2): 83. 1933.
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/ref> # '' Shibataea chiangshanensis'' T.H.Wen -

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# '' Shibataea chinensis'' Nakai -

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, Jiangsu,

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# '' Shibataea hispida'' McClure -

# '' Shibataea kumasasa'' (Zoll. ex Steud.) Makino (alternate spelling '' S. kumasaca'') -

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; cultivated in Japan and in other parts of China # '' Shibataea lancifolia'' C.H.Hu -

# '' Shibataea nanpingensis'' Q.F.Zheng & K.F.Huang -

# '' Shibataea strigosa'' T.H.Wen -

References

Bambusoideae Bambusoideae genera Flora of China {{Bamboo-stub