MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Sasa names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

Note

Sasa argenteostriata (Regel) E. G. Camus (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai ' Okinadake ' (OHRN)

Sasa aureostriata (Regel) E. G. Camus (GRIN) -> Shibataea kumasasa (Steudel) Makino 'Aureostriata' (OHRN)

Sasa bashanensis C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao (Wang) -> Indocalamus bashanensis (C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao) H.R. Zhao & Y. L. Yang (OHRN)

Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata (GRIN,OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria borealis (Hack.) Makino, Bambusa borealis Hack. (Wang), Pseudosasa purpurascens (Hack.) Makino, Sasa amabilis Makino & Nakai ex Nakai, Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata var. purpurascens Muroi, Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata var. purpurascens (Hack.) Muroi f. amabilis (Makino & Nakai ex Nakai) Muroi ex Muroi & H. Okamura, Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata var. purpurascens (Hackel) Muroi f. mollis Nakai, Sasamorpha purpurascens Nakai (Masman), Sasamorpha purpurescens (Hack.) Nakai var. borealis (Hack.) Nakai (Wang) , Sasamorpha borealis (Hack.) Nakai (Tohoku), Sasamorpha borealis (Thunb.) Nakai (T.Enomoto)

CHINESE : Di zhu.

ENGLISH : Northern sasamorpha.

JAPANESE : Ji dake, Ke suzu dake (as S. mollis), Kuma suzu, Kuma suzu dake (as S. amabilis) , Kuma suzu dake, Suzu dake , Suzu dake, Suzu dake,Suzu take (spelling error),

KOREAN : Jo lit dae (Cho lit tai).

Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata var. purpurascens Muroi (Masman) -> Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata

Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata 'Albostriata' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata var. purpurascens (Hackel) Muroi f. albostriata Muroi, Sasamorpha purpurascens (Hack.) Nakai f. albostriata Muroi, Sasa kesuzu Muroi & H. Okamura f. albostriata (Muroi & Murakami) Muroi,

ENGLISH : White-striped leaf northern sasamorpha.

JAPANESE : Fuiri suzu dake, Shirosuji suzu dake.

Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata 'Aureostriata' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata var. purpurascens (Hackel) Muroi f. aureostriata Muroi, Sasamorpha borealis (Hack.) Nakai f. aureostriata (Muroi) Ohrnb., Sasamorpha purpurascens (Hack.) Nakai f. aureostriata Muroi

ENGLISH : Yellow-striped leaf northern sasamorpha.

JAPANESE : Kisuji suzu dake, Kishima suzu dake.

Sasa cernua Makino (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa cernua Makino var. nikkoensis (Nakai) S. Suzuki, Sasa confusa Nakai, Sasa gigantea Tatewaki, Sasa kurilensis var. cernua (Makino) Nakai, Sasa kurilensis var. gigantea Tatewaki

JAPANESE : Konsei zasa, Okuyama zasa.

Sasa cernua Makino f. nebulosa (Makino & Shibata) Tatewaki (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa paniculata Makino & Shibata f. nebulosa Makino & Shibata

JAPANESE : Shako tan chiku, Shakotan chiku.

KOREAN : Jeok go dahn jook (as Sasa paniculata f. nebulosa).

Sasa chartacea (Makino) Makino & Shibata (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa chartacea (Makino) Makino, Sasa chartacea (Makino) Nakai (Tohoku)

JAPANESE : Ezo miyako zasa, Oo kuma zasa (Ohkuma zasa, Okuma zasa), Senai zasa.

 

 

Sasa chartacea (Makino) Makino & Shibata var. nana (Makino) S. Suzuki

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa nana (Makino) Makino

JAPANESE : Nikkou zasa ( Nikko zasa), Miyama suzu.

KOREAN : Shim sahn se.

 

Sasa chimakisasa Koidz. -> Sasa palmata (Mitford) Camus (OHRN)

Sasa coreana Nakai (OHRN) -> Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata (OHRN)

Sasa elegantissima Koidzumi (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa admirabilis Koidzumi, Sasa nana (Makino) Makino var. elegantissima (Koidzumi) S. Suzuki, Sasa iyomontana Koidzumi

JAPANESE : Katsuragi zasa (as S. admirabilis), Katsuragi zasa, Tanga zasa.

Sasa gracillima Nakai (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa ohmiana Koidzumi

JAPANESE : Hosoba zasa (as S. ohmiana), Unzen zasa, Unzen zasa.

Sasa gracillima Nakai f. shiroshima Muroi & H. Okamura

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa ohmiana Koidzumi 'Albovariegata', Sasa ohmiana Koidzumi f. shiroshima Muroi & H. Okamura

JAPANESE : Fuiri hosoba zasa, Shiroshima hosoba zasa.

Sasa hainanensis C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao (OHRN,Wang)

CHINESE : Hai nan chi zhu.

Sasa hayatae Makino (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa tanzawana Makino, Sasaella tanzawana (Makino) Makino

JAPANESE : Ko kuma zasa, Ko kuma zasa, Miyama kuma zasa, Miyama kuma zasa, Tanzawa zasa.

Sasa hibaconuca Koidzumi (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa tokatiensis Tatewaki & Yoshimura

JAPANESE : Onuka zasa.

Sasa hirta (Koidzumi) Tsvelev (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata var hirta (Koidzumi) S. Suzuki

JAPANESE : Sayage chishima zasa, Sayage zasa.

Sasa ishizuchiana Makino (GRIN) -> Sasa kurokawana Makino (OHRN)

Sasa kogasensis Nakai (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kogasensis Koidzumi

JAPANESE : Kogashi zasa, Yukawa zasa.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata (GRIN,OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria kurilensis Rupr. (W3Tropicos) , Sasa coreana Nakai.

ENGLISH : Japanese frosty bamboo, Korean arrow bamboo (as S. coreana).

JAPANESE : Asahi zasa, Chishima zasa, Chishima zasa, Nemagari dake, Nemagari dake.

KOREAN : Gweon moon jook, Seom jo lit dae, Shin ee dae (as S. coreana).

 

Photograph of shoot of dwarf bamboo Sasa kurilensis.

Photographs of Sasa coreana by Thomas Duvernay.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Albostriata' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. albostriata Muroi

JAPANESE : Gintai chishima.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Aureostriata' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. aureostriata Muroi

JAPANESE : Kintai chishima.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Chabokonshima' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. chabokonshima Muroi & Y. Tanaka

JAPANESE : Chabo konshima chishima.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Chabomakiba' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. chabomakiba Muroi ex H. Okamura & Y. Tanaka

JAPANESE : Chabo makiba chishima zasa.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Chaboshimofuri' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. chaboshimofuri Muroi & Y. Tanaka

JAPANESE : Chabo shimofuri chishima.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Kiakebono' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. kiakebono Muroi & Y. Tanaka ex Muroi & H. Okamura

JAPANESE : Kiakebono nemagari dake.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Kinmei'

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Kimmei', Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. kimmei Muroi & Y. Tanaka ex H. Okamura & al.

JAPANESE : Kinmei chishima zasa.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Konshima' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. kimmei Muroi & Y. Tanaka ex H. Okamura & al.

JAPANESE : Konshima nemagari dake.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Maculosa' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Shimofuri', Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. maculosa Muroi & Y. Tanaka, Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. shimofuri H. Okamura & al.

ENGLISH : Japanese frosty bamboo, Shimofuri bamboo.

JAPANESE : Shimofuri nemagari dake.

 

Photograph of leaf variegation by Jed Doty at Bamboogarden.

Photographs of canes & shoots of shimofuri at Bamboopeople.

Photograph of leaf colouring details (close-up) at Bamboopeople.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Makiba' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. makiba Muroi & Y. Tanaka

JAPANESE : Makiba chishima zasa, Makiba nemagari dake.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Notizae' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Nochizae', Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. notizae Muroi & Y. Tanaka ex Muroi & H. Okamura, Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. notizaekifu Muroi & Y. Tanaka ex H. Okamura & Y. Tanaka

JAPANESE : Nochizae kifu nemagari dake, Nochizae kifu nemagari dake, Nochizae kifu nemagari dake.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Takara' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. takara Muroi & Y. Tanaka

JAPANESE : Takara nemagari dake, Takara nemagari dake.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Tricolor' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. tricolor Muroi & H. Okamura

JAPANESE : Miiro chishima zasa.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata 'Shima-Shimofuri' (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. shimashimofuri Muroi & Y. Tanaka

ENGLISH : False frosty bamboo.

JAPANESE : Shima shimofuri nemagari dake.

 

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata var. kurilensis Makino (KFRI)

KOREAN : Seom dae.

Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata var. uchidae (Makino) Makino

JAPANESE : Nagaba nemagari dake.

Sasa kurokawana Makino (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa ishizuchiana Makino (GRIN) , Sasa kurokawei Muroi , Sasa tectoria Makino ex Koidzumi, Sasa palmata (Mitf.) Camus var. niijimae (Tatewaki) S. Suzuki f. kurokawana (Makino) S. Suzuki

ENGLISH : Kurokawa bamboo-grass.

JAPANESE : Iga zasa, Ishizuchi zasa (as Sasa ishizuchiana), Yanefuki zasa, Yanefuki zasa.

Sasa kurokawana Makino f. aureostriata Muroi & Y. Tanaka (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Kishima yanefuki zasa, Kishima yanefuki zasa.

 

Photograph by von Johannes Stölzle at his Bambus Gallerie.

Sasa longiligulata McClure (Wang,OHRN)

CHINESE : Chi zhu.

Sasa maculata Nakai (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa nagasei S. Suzuki

JAPANESE : Makiyama zasa.

Sasa masamuneana (Makino) C. S. Chao & Renvoize (GRIN) -> Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatsushima & Muro. (Masman)

Sasa megalophylla Makino & Uchida (OHRN)

ENGLISH : Large-leaved sasa.

JAPANESE : Ooba zasa (Ohba zasa), Oba zasa (spelling error).

Sasa nemurensis Tatewaki

JAPANESE : Nemuroko zasa.

Sasa nipponica (Makino) Makino & Shibata (Enomoto,OHRN,W3Tropicos)

JAPANESE : Miyako zasa, Miyako zasa.

KOREAN : Do se.

Sasa nubigena Keng f. (Wang,Xie) -> Indocalamus wilsonii (Rendle) C. S. Chao & C. D. Chu (GRIN,OHRN)

Sasa owatarii (Makino) Makino -> Pseudosasa owatarii (Makino) Makino ex Nakai (OHRN)

Sasa palmata (Mitford) Camus (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa palmata (hort. ex Burb.) E. G. Camus (GRIN), Bambusa palmata hort. ex Burb., Sasa palmata (Bean) Nakai, Sasa palmata (Mitford) E.G. Camus, Sasa palmata (Bean) Nakai, Sasa palmata (Marliac) Nakai (T.Enomoto) , Sasa paniculata Makino & Shibata

ENGLISH : Palmate bamboo, Broadleaf bamboo.

JAPANESE : Chimaki zasa, Chimaki zasa, Kumai zasa, Sato chimaki, Yanefuki zasa.

 

Photographs at Lewis Bamboo Groves, USA.

Sasa palmata (Mitford) Camus f. nebulosa (Makino) S. Suzuki (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa palmata (hort. ex Burb.) E. G. Camus f. nebulosa (Makino) S. Suzuki, Sasa palmata (hort. ex Burb.) E. G. Camus 'Nebulosa', Sasa paniculata Makino & Shibata f. nebulosa Makino & Shibata

ENGLISH : Palmate bamboo 'Nebulosa'.

JAPANESE : Neburosa zasa, Shakotan chiku, Shakotan chiku, Shako han sasa (possibly a typographical error), Shiyako han chiku, Shiyako han zasa.

KOREAN : Jeok go dahn jook (as Sasa paniculata f. nebulosa).

Sasa palmata (Mitford) Camus var. niijimae (Tatewaki ex Nakai) S. Suzuki (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Iga zasa, Rube shibe zasa.

Sasa palmata (Mitford) Camus var. niijimae (Tatewaki ex Nakai) S. Suzuki f. linearifolia (Koidzumi) S. Suzuki (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Hosoba fushige zasa.

Sasa pubens Nakai (GRIN,OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa gombeiana Koidzumi

JAPANESE : Ke zasa.

KOREAN : Mo wi we.

Sasa pubiculmis Makino

JAPANESE : Omoe zasa.

 

Sasa quelpaertensis Nakai (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Tanna zasa, Tanna zasa.

Sasa ramosa (Makino) Makino & Shibata (GRIN, Masman) -> Sasaella ramosa (Makino) Makino (GRIN,Masman,OHRN)

Sasa ramosissima Koidzumi (OHRN) -> Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata

Sasa ramosissima Makino & Shibata (KFRI)

KOREAN : Oh che se.

Sasa senanensis (Franch. & Sav.) Rehder (Enomoto,W3Tropicos,OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa paniculata (F. Schmidt) Makino & Shibata (GRIN,OHRN)

CHINESE : Gen qu zhu .

JAPANESE : Kumai zasa, Kumai zasa, Nemagari dake, Shinano zasa.

Sasa septentrionalis Makino

JAPANESE : Miyama zasa, Miyama zasa.

 

Sasa shimidzuana Makino (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Neosasamorpha asahinae (Nakai) Tatewaki (OHRN) , Sasa asahinae Nakai (OHRN) , Sasa sasakiana Makino & Uchida ex Uchida (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Gotenba zasa (as S. asahinae), Gotenba zasa, Hakone suzu, Hakone suzu, Hakone nanbu suzu, Touge dake, Touge dake (as S. sasakiana).

 

Sasa sinica Keng (Masman,OHRN,Wang)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasamorpha sinica (Keng) Koidz. (Masman, Wang)

CHINESE : Hua chi zhu.

ENGLISH : Chinese sasa.

Sasa takizawana Makino & Uchida

JAPANESE : Osaki zasa.

 

Sasa tsuboiana Makino (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa maxima Nakai, Sasaella maxima Nakai

JAPANESE : Agato zasa, Amagi zasa, Ibuki zasa, Ibuki zasa, Nagato zasa, Tsuboi zasa, Tsuboi zasa.

KOREAN : Pyong jeong jook.

Sasa tsuboiana Makino f. akebono Muroi & Y. Tanaka (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa maxima Nakai, Sasaella maxima Nakai

JAPANESE : Akebono ibuki zasa, Akebono ibuki zasa.

Sasa tsuboiana Makino f. asagishima Muroi & H. Okamura (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata f. asagishima Muroi & H. Okamura

JAPANESE : Asagishima hira zasa.

Sasa tsuboiana Makino f. iyomontana S. Suzuki (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Iyo ibuki zasa, Iyo ibuki zasa.

Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder (GRIN,OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Bambusa veitchii Carrière (Bykov) , Sasa veitchii Makino, Sasa albomarginata (Miq.) Makino & Shibata (Wang, W3TROPICOS), Arundinaria veitchii (Carriere) N. E. Br., Arundinaria albo-marginata (Miq.) Makino (W3TROPICOS) ?

CHINESE : Wei chi, Wei qi shi ruo zhu.

ENGLISH : Kuma grass bamboo, Kuma bamboo grass, Variegated ground cover bamboo.

GERMAN : Zwergbambus (not specific enough).

JAPANESE : Atago zasa, Kuma zasa (Kuma sasa), Kuma zasa, Kuma zasa, Kuma zasa, Yakiba zasa. (See note1)

KOREAN : So wi se (as Sasa albomarginata).

RUSSIAN : (as Bambusa veitchii).

 

 

Photograph by Jed Doty at The Bamboo Garden Nursery (USA).

Photograph & descriptions (in English) by Masatoshi WATANABE.

 

Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder var. grandifolia (Koidzumi) S. Suzuki (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa grandifolia Koidzumi, Sasa sadaoi Nakai

ENGLISH : Large-leaved kuma grass.

JAPANESE : Ooba zasa, Ooba zasa, Oo zasa, Oo zasa.

Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder var. tyuhgokensis (Makino) S. Suzuki (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa auriculata Koidzumi, Sasa tangoana Nakai, Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder f. tyuhgokensis (Makino) Muroi

JAPANESE : Chuugoku zasa, Chuugoku zasa.

Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder var. veitchii f. minor (Makino) Rehder (OHRN)

SYNONYM(S) : Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder var. veitchii f. minor (Makino) Rehder

ENGLISH : Bonsai kuma grass, Dwarf kuma grass.

JAPANESE : Koguma zasa.

 

Photograph and description (in Hungarian) at Tuja .

 

Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder var. veitchii f. veitchii (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Kuma zasa (Kuma sasa), Kuma zasa, Kuma zasa.

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

Anonymous 2001, Tohoku University, Botanical Garden Plant List. < http://www.biology.tohoku.ac.jp/garden/plantlist/wild/wild2-2.html >.

Anonymous 2001, Distribution Maps of Vascular Plants in HOKKAIDO, JAPAN. MONOCOTYLEDONEAE, Gramineae(Poaceae), < http://www.hinoma.com/maps/plants/f424sa.htm >.

Anonymous 2001, Check List of Vascular Plants in Hokkaido (Natives only), < http://www.hinoma.com/maps/checklist.csv >.

Enomoto Takashi. (Dr.), 1999 - 2001, Weeds of Japan. Laboratory of Wild Plants Science. Research Institute of Bioresources. Okayama University. Kurashiki. Japan. < http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/wild/index.html >.

Enomoto Takashi. (Dr.), 2000, Wild Plants of Japan. Okayama University. < http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/wild/zassou/hyou.htm > .

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

Hô Pham-hoang, 1993, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam, Vol. III, N° 2, Smilacaceae, Cyperaceae, Orchidaceae & Poaceae. Montreal .

KFRI, 2002, Korean Forest Research Institute. Bamboo taxa. < http://www.kfri.go.kr/korean/introd/introd_06/introd06_03.htm >.

Linder Peter , 1999, Japanese trees & Shrubs for Sweden - Introduction of Japanese Ligneous Plants into Swedish Parks & Gardens. History and Future Possiblities. < http://www-alnarp.stud.slu.se/~t6petlin/exjobb.html >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Masman Wim, 1995, Bamboo Names & Synonyms. European Bamboo Society. < http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/users/djh/ebs/synonyms.htm >.

Ohrnberger D. (Dieter), 1999, The Bamboos of the World, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Schroeter A.I., Panasiuk V.A. & Bykov V.A. (Editor), 1999, Dictionary of Plant Names, Koeltz Scientific Books, Germany. (Chinese - traditional, Chinese - romanised, Russian, English, Latin).

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?sasa (11 January 2000).

Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.

Watanabe Masatoshi (Dr.), 2001, Bamboo in Japan, English version : < http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkakd107/E28-e.html >, Japanese version < http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkakd107/E28.html >.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : Jim Breen, Shoko Hagino, Thomas Duvernay.

 

NOTES

1. On Sasa veitchii
Three versions of "kuma" were found in the literature for Kuma zasa. We suspect that only 1 or 2 are correct. Dr Masatoshi Watanabe says that the character "kuma" refers to the "white-marginating" of the leaves in winter, hence the synonyms bearing the epithet albomarginata ; Sasa albomarginata for example. Dictionaries consulted so far cannot confirm which character is incorrect. We have displayed the 3 options. Feedback is welcome.

2. On Sasa palmata nebulosa
There is some confusion about the preferred botanical name for Sasa paniculata Makino & Shibata f. nebulosa Makino & Shibata . Prof. Ohrnberger lists it as a synonym of both Sasa cernua Makino f. nebulosa (Makino & Shibata) Tatewaki & Sasa palmata (Mitford) Camus f. nebulosa (Makino) S. Suzuki. Given that Sasa paniculata Makino & Shibata = Sasa palmata (Mitford) Camus (in line with Prof. Orhnberger sorting), we lean in favour of S. palmata f. nebulosa as the preferred name for S. paniculata f. nebulosa.
We also have doubts about the romanised Japanese name "shako han chiku" . It looks like a romanisation process gone wrong. It should be "tan" not "han" .

3. On the genus Sasa
We have covered this genus as far as our equipment will allow. Having reach the capacity limit of our currently available memory. Until we receive funding to enable us to upgrade the above records will remain as they are apart from some minor corrections (July 2003).

A most thorough listing of nearly all forms and cultivars of Sasa, with botanical synonyms, romanised Japanese names and brief descriptions (in English) can be found in D. Ohrnberger's book : The Bamboos of the World, 1999 pp. 84 - 110, pp. 570 - 578 (29 pages of small tight print, A4 format + 8 pages of index dedicated to the Genus Sasa).

 

 

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