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Accession Data:

Pogonatherum crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth

  • Common Name: German Bamboo
  • Family: Poaceae Barnh.

  • Country of Origin: Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

  • Description: Perennial; mat forming. Culms prostrate; 10–30 cm long; wiry. Lateral branches fastigiate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades 1–4 cm long; 1–3 mm wide. 3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500048
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Accession Date: 05-29-2015
  • Bench: 1105 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Poaceae
  • SubFamily: Panicoideae
  • Tribe: Sacchareae
  • SubTribe: Saccharinae

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar / China South-Central / Hainan / China Southeast / Japan / Nansei-shoto / Taiwan / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / West Himalaya / Andaman Is. / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Nicobar Is. / Thailand / Vietnam / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea / Solomon Is. / Marianas /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  3. Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). Pogonatherum crinitum in GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  4. Pogonatherum crinitum at Wikispecies. Accessed 29 July 2015.

data regenerated on Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:25:35 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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