Sasamorpha

Sasamorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Sasamorpha
Nakai
Type species
Arundinaria purpurascens
Hack.
Synonyms
  • Sasa subgen. Sasamorpha (Nakai) C.H.Hu

Sasamorpha is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.

Species
  1. Sasamorpha borealis (Hack.) NakaiKorea, Japan, Sakhalin
  2. Sasamorpha hubeiensis C.H.HuHubei, Jiangxi
  3. Sasamorpha oshidensis (Makino & Uchida) NakaiJapan
  4. Sasamorpha qingyuanensis C.H.HuZhejiang
  5. Sasamorpha sinica (Keng) Koidz.Anhui, Zhejiang
Formerly included

several species now considered better suited to other genera: Indocalamus, Sasa.