Sasaella is a genus of Japanese bamboo in the grass family.[3][4][5][6]

Sasaella
Sasaella masamuneana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Sasaella
Makino
Type species
Sasaella ramosa
Synonyms[2]

Sasinaria Demoly

Species[2]
  1. Sasaella bitchuensis (Makino) Koidz – southern Honshu
  2. Sasaella caudiceps (Koidz.) Koidz.Honshu
  3. Sasaella hidaensis (Makino) Makino, Hishu zasa – Honshu, Shikoku
  4. Sasaella kogasensis (Nakai) Nakai ex Koidz, Kogashi azuma zasa – Hokkaido, Honshu
  5. Sasaella leucorhoda (Koidz.) Koidz.Honshu
  6. Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatsushima & Muroi, Genkei chiku – Japan
  7. Sasaella ramosa (Makino) Makino, Azuma zasa – Japan; naturalized in Great Britain + New Zealand
  8. Sasaella sadoensis (Makino ex Koidz.) Sad.SuzukiHonshu
  9. Sasaella sawadae (Makino) Makino ex KoidzumHonshu
  10. Sasaella shiobarensis (Nakai) Koidz.Honshu
  11. Sasaella yamakitensis (Makino) M.Kobay.Honshu
formerly included[2]

species now included in other genera: Pleioblastus Sasa

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 208 (1957)
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Makino, Tomitarô 1929. Journal of Japanese Botany 6: 15
  4. ^ Ohrnberger, D. (1999). The Bamboos of the World. Elsevier Science. p. 596. ISBN 978-0-444-50020-5.
  5. ^ Koidzumi, Gen'ichi. 1941. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 10: 294-299
  6. ^ Suzuki, S. 1976. A revision of the genus Sasaella Makino (Bambusaceae). (3). Journal of Japanese Botany 51: 220–224.