A Taxonomical Study on the Genus Shibataea Makino

Hu Cheng-Hua, Zheng Qing-Fang, Huang Ke-Fu

Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1988-04-18 Published:1988-04-18
Contact: Hu Cheng-Hua

Abstract:

Shibataea Makino is a genus of Subfam. Bambusoideae, with 8 species, distributed

in Southeast China and Southwest Japan. In China wild plants of the genus are found in

Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, especially in Fujian and Zhejiang.

The genus is also cultivated in parks of Guangzhou, Teibei and some other gardens.

Raches of inflorescences in genera Semiarundinaria, Brachystachyum, Phyllostachys and

Shibataea have many branches, even secondary branches. A large bract is often present at the

base of each branch, and a prophyll in the axil of the bract in Tribe Shibataeeae Nakai. Mo-

reover, an inflorescence is composed of numerous dense spikelets. This type of inflorescence

may be considered primitive. The genera Indosasa and Sinobambusa are of more stamens (6

in the former and 3 or 4, 5 in the latter) than in the genera Semiarundinaria and Brachysta-

chyum (only 3), and their inflorescences are very simple with fewer spikelets and raches,

without the large bract. This type of inflorescence may be considered more advanced.

Key words: Shibataeae, Shibataea

Hu Cheng-Hua, Zheng Qing-Fang, Huang Ke-Fu. A Taxonomical Study on the Genus Shibataea Makino[J]. .

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