Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Jian Zhu, Xiao Zhu
Common Names in English:
Common Umbrella Bamboo, Umbrella Bamboo
Common Names in Russian:
Fargeziya Pokryval´tsevaya, Tamnokalamus Pokryval´tsevyi
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 153 meters (0 to 502 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
()
- Small, 1903
- Family:
Gramineae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
()
- Tribe:
Bambuseae
()
- Subtribe:
Arundinariinae
()
- Genus:
Fargesia
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
spathacea
- Franch.
- Botanical name: - Fargesia spathacea Franch.
- Specific epithet:
spathacea
- Franch.
- Genus:
Fargesia
(
- Subtribe:
Arundinariinae
(
- Tribe:
Bambuseae
(
- Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Fargesia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
F. angustissima (Oily Bamboo) · F. cuspidata (Kwangsi Umbrella Bamboo) · F. denudata (Giant Panda Fodder Bamboo) · F. dracocephala (Dragons Head Bamboo) · F. ferax (Prolific Chinacane) · F. fractiflexa (Broom Bamboo) · F. murielae (Umbrella Bamboo) · F. murielae 'Jonnys Gigant' (Umbrella Bamboo 'jonnys Gigant') · F. murielae 'Osako' (Umbrella Bamboo 'osako') · F. nitida (Blue Fountain Bamboo) · F. pauciflora (Giant Panda Fodder Bamboo) · F. robusta (Bamboo) · F. robusta 'Pingwu' (Bamboo) · F. rufa (Hardy Bamboo) · F. rufa 'Green Panda' (Hardy Bamboo) · F. scabrida (Coarse-Flowered Hollow Bamboo) · F. spathacea (Common Umbrella Bamboo)
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Further Reading
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39 2000 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 57.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5963637
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:402281-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 739509
Footnotes
- Mean = 74.970 meters (245.965 feet), Standard Deviation = 61.330 based on 39 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
