Bambusa affinis Munro. Trans. Linn. Soc . 26: 93. (1868). Accepted by: W.D.Clayton & K.Harman, GrassBase (2008) and online, U.Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Grasses (2006). TYPE from Burma. T:<Type of Basionym>: fide TROPICOS and Kew Synonomy Database: Yoongalum: Brandis 18 . Illustrations (Books): No illustration found (BKS). Derivation (Clifford & Bostock 2007): L. allied to. Closely allied to another species. Classification . Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe: Bambuseae. Habit, Vegetative Morphology . Perennial, woody bamboo, caespitose. Rhizomes short, pachymorph. Butt sheaths absent. Culms erect, 500–600 cm long, 25–35 mm diam., woody, without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete, 30–60 cm long, light green or light green or white, concolorous or striped, striate, distally pubescent. Culm-nodes pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Culm-sheaths present, 10–15 cm long, 1 times as long as wide, yellow, glabrous or pubescent, hairy throughout, with tawny hairs, convex at apex, without auricles. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate, reflexed, 2.5–5 cm long, 7–12 mm wide, pubescent. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths striately veined, pubescent, hairs tawny. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath, petiole 0.5 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 15–25 cm long, 25–35 mm wide, glandular. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation with 12–16 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface scabrous, rough abaxially, glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate, antrorsely scabrous. Inflorescence . Synflorescence bractiferous, clustered at the nodes, in untidy tufts, with glumaceous subtending bracts, with axillary buds at base of spikelet, prophyllate below lateral spikelets, leafy between clusters. Fertile Spikelets . Spikelets comprising 6–10 fertile florets, with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets of 2 or more fertile florets. Spikelets one-many-flowered - if two-flowered then both fertile or the upper sterile. Spikelets lanceolate, subterete, 25 mm long, breaking up at maturity, disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes definite, pilose, hairy at tip. Glumes . Glumes several, 2 empty glumes, persistent, shorter than spikelet. Florets . Fertile lemma ovate, 6–7 mm long, without keel, 20 -veined, more than 3-veined. Lemma apex acuminate. Palea 17 -veined. Palea keels ciliolate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped. Flower and Fruit . Lodicules 3, membranous, veined, ciliate. Anthers 6. Stigmas 3. Ovary umbonate, with a few apical hairs. Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Distribution (TDWG). Continent . Tropical Asia. Country /Province /State . Indo-China . Myanmar. Bambusa alamii C.M.A. Stapleton. Edinburgh J. Bot. , 51(1): 10 (1994). Accepted by: W.D.Clayton & K.Harman, GrassBase (2008) and online, U.Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Grasses (2006). TYPE from Nepal,. T:<Type of Basionym>: fide TROPICOS and Kew Synonomy Database: Zamak: Stapletom 907 (E holo). Illustrations (Books): N.L.Bor, Gramineae in Flora of Iraq (1968), H.J.Noltie, The Grasses of Bhutan (2000) (482, Fig. 1 & 488, Fig. 2). Derivation (Clifford & Bostock 2007): in honor of Alam (fl.1982) who wrote about the bamboos of Bangladesh. Classification . Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe: Bambuseae. Habit, Vegetative Morphology . Perennial, woody bamboo, caespitose, clumped densely. Rhizomes short, pachymorph. Butt sheaths absent. Culms erect, 800–1200 cm long, 20–35 mm diam., woody, without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete, thin-walled, 40 cm long, distally mealy or glabrous. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid. Buds or branches present on lower part of culm. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths present, persistent, 14 cm long, 1 times as long as wide, glabrous, auriculate, with unequal auricles, with 10–20 mm wide auricles or 20–50 mm wide auricles, setose on shoulders, shoulders with curved hairs, shoulders with 3–10 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5–2 mm high, entire. Culm-sheath blade ovate, demarcated but persistent, erect, 12 cm long. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose, erect and deciduous, 3–10 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate, 1–3 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane, 1 mm long, truncate. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 15–25 cm long, 15–23 mm wide. Leaf- blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Flowering specimens unknown. Distribution (TDWG). Continent . Tropical Asia. Country /Province /State . Indian Subcontinent . Nepal. Bhutan. Bambusa albofolia T.H. Wen & Hua. J. Bamboo Res ., 8(1): 20 (1989). Regarded by K as a synonym ( B. multiplex ). Accepted by: U.Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Grasses (2006). TYPE from China. T:<Type of Basionym>: fide TROPICOS and Kew Synonomy Database: China, Guangzhou: Hua H 82704 (ZJFI holo). Illustrations (Books): No illustration found (BKS). Classification . Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe: Bambuseae. Distribution (TDWG). Continent . Temperate Asia. Country /Province /State . China . China Southeast. Guangdong. Bambusa albolineata L.C. Chia, nom nov. Guihaia, 8(2): 121 (1988). Not on GrassBase . Accepted by: W.D.Clayton & K.Harman, GrassBase (2008) and online, U.Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Grasses (2006), S-L Chen et al, Flora of China 22 (Poaceae) (2006). Illustrations (Books): No illustration found (BKS). Classification . Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe: Bambuseae. Distribution (TDWG). Continent . Temperate Asia. Country /Province /State . China , Eastern Asia . China Southeast. Taiwan. TDWG4 . Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang. Bambusa alemtemshii 'H.B.Naithani. Indian Forester 133(11): 1575 (2007). TYPE from India. T:<Type of Basionym>: fide TROPICOS and Kew Synonomy Database: India, Nagaland. Longsa: Naithani 4338 (DD holo). Illustrations (Books): No illustration found (BKS). Classification . Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe: Bambuseae. Habit, Vegetative Morphology . Perennial, woody bamboo, caespitose. Rhizomes short, pachymorph. Butt sheaths absent. Culms 1000 cm long, 70–80 mm diam., woody. Culm-internodes terete, thick-walled, 70 cm long, dark green, distally pruinose. Lateral branches dendroid. Culm-sheaths present, 18–35 cm long, 1 times as long as wide, coriaceous, brown, glabrous, auriculate, setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high, dentate. Culm-sheath blade triangular, 7–30 cm long, 60–120 mm wide, acute. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base asymmetrical, with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 9–23 cm long, 10–26 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation prominent, with 12–14 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface scabrous, rough abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Flowering specimens unknown. Distribution (TDWG). Continent . Tropical Asia. Country /Province /State . Indian Subcontinent . Assam. Nagaland. Bambusa amplexicaulis W.T. Lin & Z.M. Wu. Bull. Bot. Res. North-East. Forest. Inst. , 12(4): 349 (1992). Accepted by: W.D.Clayton & K.Harman, GrassBase (2008) and online, U.Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Grasses (2006), S-L Chen et al, Flora of China 22 (Poaceae) (2006). TYPE from China. T:<Type of Basionym>: fide TROPICOS and Kew Synonomy Database: China, Lianping: Zhimin Wu 88009 (CANT holo). Illustrations (Books): No illustration found (BKS). Derivation (Clifford & Bostock 2007): L. amplexatio , embrace; caulis , stem. The connate leaf-sheath and ligule encircle the stem. Classification . Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe: Bambuseae. Habit, Vegetative Morphology . Perennial, woody bamboo, caespitose. Rhizomes short, pachymorph. Butt sheaths absent. Culms erect, 300 cm long, 25 mm diam., woody. Culm-internodes terete, 13–31 cm long, distally glabrous. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths present, deciduous, puberulous, hairy on margins, auriculate, with unequal auricles, setose on shoulders, shoulders with 6–8 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.6–1 mm high, entire. Culm-sheath blade ovate, constricted at base, deciduous, erect. Leaves cauline, 7 per branch. Leaf-sheaths puberulous, outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 8–11 cm long, 4–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 8–10 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent, hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Flowering specimens unknown. Distribution (TDWG). Continent . Temperate Asia. Country /Province /State . China . China Southeast. TDWG4 . Guangdong. Bambusa angustiaurita W.T. Lin. Bamboo Res., 1983(2): 52 (1983). Accepted by: W.D.Clayton & K.Harman, GrassBase (2008) and online, U.Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Grasses (2006), S-L Chen et al, Flora of China 22 (Poaceae) (2006). Illustrations (Books): No illustration found (BKS). Classification . Subfamily Bambusoideae. Tribe: Bambuseae. Habit, Vegetative Morphology . Perennial, woody bamboo, caespitose. Rhizomes short, pachymorph. Butt sheaths absent. Culms erect, inclined at the tip, 800–1000 cm long, 30–60 mm