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Taxon:  Sasa borealis (Hack.) Makino & Shibata



Summary
Genus:
Sasa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
Tribe:
Arundinarieae
Subtribe:
Arundinariinae
Nomen number:
417564
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15:24. 1901
Verified:
03/15/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bambusa borealis Hack.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sasamorpha borealis (Hack.) Nakai

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Reference(s)
  1. Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999
  2. Triplett, J. K. & L. G. Clark. 2010. Phylogeny of the temperate bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) with an emphasis on Arundinaria and allies. Syst. Bot. 35:102-120.
  3. Zeng, C.-X. et al. 2010. Large multi-locus plastid phylogeny of the tribe Arundinarieae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) reveals ten major lineages and low rate of molecular divergence. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 56:821-839.
Common names
Japanese Rōmaji
suzu-dake –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaido 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=417564. Accessed 25 May 2026.

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