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Sasa (Japanese: ササ or 笹), also called broad-leaf bamboo,[1] is a genus of running bamboo.[2] These species have at most one branch per node.

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Sasa
Sasa palmata foliage in winter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Tribe:	Arundinarieae
Subtribe:	Arundinariinae
Genus:	Sasa Makino & Shibata
Selected species
Sasa nipponica Sasa palmata – broadleaf bamboo Sasa tsuboiana etc

Selected species

• Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata – northern bamboo,[1] Jirisan bamboo[1]
• Sasa kagamiana
• Sasa kurilensis (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata – chishimazasa, Kuril bamboo,[1] Korean bamboo[1]
• Sasa nagimontana – muroi
• Sasa nipponica (Makino) Makino & Shibata
• Sasa oshidensis
• Sasa palmata (Burb.) E.G.Camus – broad-leaf bamboo[1]
• Sasa senanensis
• Sasa tsuboiana
• Sasa veitchii – kumazasa

Fossil record

Fossil leaves of †Sasa kodorica are described from the Pliocene of Kodori Valley in Abkazia.[3]

See also

• Pseudosasa – another genus of bamboo

References

На других языках

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- [en] Sasa (plant)

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[es] Sasa

Sasa es un género de bambúes de la familia de las poáceas.[1] Las especies de este género tienen una rama por nudo. Es originario del este de Asia. Comprende 488 especies descritas y de éstas, sólo 61 han sido aceptadas.[2]

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[ru] Саза

Саза (лат. Sasa) — род растений семейства Злаки (Poaceae).

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