MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting the Names of Bamboos

 

Introduction

Indexes

Notes on specific languages

Sets of records sorted by genera

 

REFERENCES
General bibliography (printed material)

 REFERENCES
Complementary / specifically consulted on bamboos

 

RESOURCES
General on-line references & resources

RESOURCES
Complementary / specific to bamboos

 

We do not propose to solve all the problems associated with bamboo names because they fall almost outside the kind of plants we set out to work with in 1995, and more importantly; can they ever be all solved ?. However, because some bamboos are extraordinarily beautiful, extremely useful, and some can even be eaten in parts, in 1997 we decided to create two sister files (plus a few extras) in response to a growing demand. One file listed bamboos which have an edible part, and one covered the most outstanding whilst not too rare ornamentals. People are welcome to suggest species not yet covered but falling in either of these two groups if we have omitted outstanding cultivars, and we will do our best to meet those requests. Meanwhile the list of references and resources below will go a long way towards meeting any possible demand, be it for plant material, information, seeds, photographs or ... names... and there again suggestions are welcome. In 2001 the decision to cover as many species of bamboos as possible was taken see below. We hoped that by 2002 a subtantial number of species, varieties, and cultivars would be entered in the database and on display. We can confidently predict that despite more than 12 months of distraction concentrating on other genera, by the end of 2003 we will have achieved as much as could be expected under the present under-funded circumstances. What will have been achieved from our perspective is a very good complement to the work of Prof. Ohrnberger. Whilst he has covered as thoughroughly as could possibly be expected the taxonomy of most bamboos of the world, cross-referencing with vernacular / common names of the world remained very necessary, especially indexes of valid common names in various languages because to many people they are the first step into the wonderful world of bamboos. Furthermore we believe that on one hand working seriously on common names will allow lexicographers to recommend selections of usable (if not reliable) names that common people can relate to. On the other hand there is no doubt that many of the "reliable" latinised epithets and cultivar names used in botany can be challenged by linguistically aware taxonomists. We are providing the tools with this online facility to whomever wishes to tackle these problems.
Readers surprised by the number of genera mentioned below should check the longest list of cross-matched species compiled by Wim Masman and published on line by the European Bamboo Society. His work together with R. & H. Stover's amazing Bamboo Index were two of our most useful initial references while attempting to regroup botanical synonyms on one hand, and on the other hand common names in any given language. A large number of either botanical or vernacular names are rarely mentioned in common references. The longest list of genera we have come across on line is found in the "pop-up menu" of the form provided by the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan on Endangered / Rare Bamboos and Rattans, as part of their Information Services. The ultimate lists of course are in D. Ohrnberger's 1999 publication "The Bamboos of the World". Genera, species, forms, cultivar names, even some common names and their meaning can be found in this monumental work. We have followed as closely as practicable the classifications of D. Ohrnberger throughout this entire bamboo section. The justification for this choice is that this is the latest publication on the subject and the most complete. Throughout this collection of plant names I constantly complain that taxonomists neglect not only common names but also infraspecific taxa, making the task of matching synonyms extremely difficult. D. Ohrnberger has tackled those problems admirably and I hope that specialists in other groups of plants will follow his lead. I hope that our efforts will have proven worthy of being called complementary to Prof. Ohrnberger's work.

An index of Burmese Names (on-line & growing )
(Burmese & Botanical Latin)

An index of Chinese Names (on-line)
(Chinese simplified, traditional, pinyin romanisation & Botanical Latin)

An index of English Names (in preparation)
(English & Botanical Latin)

An index of Japanese (katakana) Names Part 1 A to H, Part 2 I to M, Part 3 N to R, Part 4 S to Z (on-line)
(Japanese - Katakana + romanisation & Botanical Latin)

An index of Japanese (kanji) Names (in preparation)
(Japanese + romanisation & Botanical Latin)

An index of Korean Names (on-line)
(Korean + romanisation & Botanical Latin)

An index of Malay Names (on-line)
(Malay, Indonesian & Botanical Latin)

An index of Names from India ( on-line & growing)
(9 languages & Botanical Latin)

An index of Names from Europe (in preparation)
(6 languages & Botanical Latin)

An index of Nepalese Names ( on-line & growing)
(Nepalese + romanisation & Botanical Latin)

An index of Russian Names ( on-line & growing)
(Russian + romanisation & Botanical Latin)

An index of Thai Names ( on-line & growing)
(Thai + romanisation & Botanical Latin)

An index of Vietnamese Names ( on-line & growing)
(Vietnamese & Botanical Latin)

Sorting the names of Bamboos with edible parts (out dated)
(mostly in Chinese, English, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Tagalog, Visayan, Vietnamese, this file is getting out of date, see new files below)

Sorting the names of Ornamental Bamboos (out dated)
(mostly in Chinese, English, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Tagalog, Visayan, Vietnamese, this file is getting out of date, see new files below)

Notes on botanical synonyms of bamboos (online)

Notes on Burmese names of bamboos (online but still being edited)

Notes on Chinese names - general background (online)

Notes on Chinese names of bamboos (online but still being edited)

Notes on English names - general - bamboos (in preparation)

Notes on Japanese names - general - bamboos (online)

Notes on Nepalese names of bamboos (online but still being edited)

Notes on Russian names of bamboos (in preparation)

Notes on Thai names of bamboos (online but still being edited)

 

FROM APRIL 2001 ALL FILES ARE BEING CROSS-REFERENCED WITH THE ULTIMATE TAXONOMIC REFERENCE ON BAMBOO NAMES :
Ohrnberger D. (Dieter), 1999, The Bamboos of the World, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
So records are going to be shifted from file to file but continuity should remain. Please let us know about any broken link.

(files below mostly in Burmese, Chinese, English, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Nepalese, Russian, Tagalog, Visayan, Vietnamese, but growing)

 

Sorting names within genus Acidosasa

Sorting names within genus Ampelocalamus

Sorting names within genus Arundinaria still being updated & heavily edited

Sorting names within genus Arundo

Sorting names within genus Bambusa still being updated & heavily edited

Sorting names within genus Bonia

Sorting names within genus Borinda

Sorting names within genus Brachystachyum

Sorting names within genus Cephalostachyum

Sorting names within genus Chimonobambusa

Sorting names within genus Chimonocalamus

Sorting names within genus Chusquea

Sorting names within genus Dendrocalamus still being updated & heavily edited

Sorting names within genus Dendrochloa

Sorting names within genus Dinochloa

Sorting names within genus Drepanostachyum

Sorting names within genus Fargesia

Sorting names within genus Ferrocalamus

Sorting names within genus Gelidocalamus

Sorting names within genus Gigantochloa

Sorting names within genus Guadua

Sorting names within genus Hibanobambusa

Sorting names within genus Himalayacalamus

Sorting names within genus Holttumochloa

Sorting names within genus Indocalamus

Sorting names within genus Indosasa

Sorting names within genus Ischurochloa

Sorting names within genus Kinabaluchloa

Sorting names within genus Leleba

Sorting names within genus Lingnania

Sorting names within genus Melocalamus

Sorting names within genus Melocanna

Sorting names within genus Menstruocalamus

Sorting names within genus Merostachys

Sorting names within genus Nandina

Sorting names within genus Nastus

Sorting names within genus Neohouzeaua

Sorting names within genus Nipponocalamus

Sorting names within genus Ochlandra

Sorting names within genus Oligostachyum

Sorting names within genus Otatea

Sorting names within genus Oxytenanthera

Sorting names within genus Phyllostachys still being updated & heavily edited

Sorting names within genus Pleioblastus

Sorting names within genus Pseudosasa

Sorting names within genus Pseudostachyum

Sorting names within genus Pseudoxytenanthera

Sorting names within genus Qiongzhuea

Sorting names within genus Racemobambos

Sorting names within genus Sasa still being updated & heavily edited

Sorting names within genus Sasaella still being updated & heavily edited

Sorting names within genus Sasamorpha

Sorting names within genus Schizostachyum

Sorting names within genus Semiarundinaria

Sorting names within genus Shibataea

Sorting names within genus Sinarundinaria

Sorting names within genus Sinoarundinaria

Sorting names within genus Sinobambusa

Sorting names within genus Sinocalamus

Sorting names within genus Sphaerobambos

Sorting names within genus Teinostachyum

Sorting names within genus Thamnocalamus

Sorting names within genus Thyrsostachys

Sorting names within genus Vietnamosasa

Sorting names within genus Yushania

(above files mostly in Burmese, Chinese, English, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Nepalese, Russian, Tagalog, Visayan, Vietnamese, but growing)

 

REFERENCES
General bibliography (printed material)

 REFERENCES
Complementary / specifically consulted on bamboos

 

RESOURCES
General on-line references & resources

RESOURCES
Complementary / specific to bamboos

 

 

REFERENCES

 

Anonymous 2001, Tohoku University, Botanical Garden Plant List. < http://www.biology.tohoku.ac.jp/garden/plantlist/wild/wild2-2.html >

Bamboo Australia - Catalogue 1998. < http://www.babe.net.au/ozbamboo/ > Many descriptions and names.

Bamboo Farm - Higher taxonomy (above generic / specific level) of bamboos. < http://www.dogscooter.com/bamboo/more2/index.html >

Bamboo Garden Nursery, < http://www.bamboogarden.com/ > Bamboo Garden Nursery, 1999 Catalogue, Bamboo Descriptions. < http://www.bamboogarden.com/descriptions.htm > Description of a number (200 +) of ornamental bamboos.

Bamboo Sourcery - Catalogue 1999, List of Species. < http://home.earthlink.net/~bamboosource/catalog.htm >

Bradshaw Robert I. 1997, Appendix I, Nepali Bamboo Species and their Uses - Bamboo in Nepal : A management Guide. < http://www.robibrad.demon.co.uk/Appendix.htm >

Burt Associates Bamboo, 1999, MiniGuide to Bamboo < http://www.tiac.net/users/bamboo/burt_13.html > (old), < http://www.bamboos.com/burt_13.html > (new).

Cope T.A. & M. Lazarides 1980, Tropical Grasses of SE Asia. Gramineae-Bambusoideae. < http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/herbarium/brunei/fams/200.htm >.

Dart D. L. 1999, The Bamboo Handbook - A Farmers, Growers & Product Developers Guide. Bamboo Selection, Establishment, Utilisation. Vol. 1. Nemea Pty. Ltd. Australia.

Dransfield S. & Widjaja E. A. (Editors), 1995, Plant Resources of South-East Asia, N.7, Bamboos. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Eberts B.W. (Baumschule Wolfgang ), 1996 - 1999, Der Bambuswald, Descriptions in German & English and good quality photographs. < http://www.bambus.de/bambus/07/sorten_liste.html >

Enomoto Takashi. 2000, Wild Plants of Japan. Okayama University. < http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/wild/zassou/hyou.htm >

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

FBG, 2001, Bamboo Names in Japanese (Katakana, Kanji) & Botanical Latin. Fuji Bamboo Garden, Japan. < http://fujibamboogarden.com/light/saibaishu.htm >. Japanese system required or converter such as Shodouka will be needed to read Japanese.

GRIN Database USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl? (Up-to-date botanical names and some common names in various languages)

Herklots G.A.C. 1972, Vegetables in South East Asia. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London (or Hafner Press in New York). (Cantonese - traditional characters + romanization, English, Latin).

Hô Pham-hoang, 1993, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam, Edition III, N° 2, Smilacaceae, Cyperaceae, Orchidaceae & Poaceae, Montreal .

Hong Kong Herbarium 1978, Checklist of Hong Kong Plants, Agriculture & Fisheries Department Bulletin n°1, Government Printer, Hong Kong.

IPGRI, 2001, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute - Via dei Tre Denari 472/a, 00057, Roma, Italy. < http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/search/query.htm >.

Keshab Shrestha 1998, Dictionary of Nepalese Plant Names, Mandala Book point, Kathmandu, Nepal.

KFRI, 2002, Korean Forest Research Institute. Bamboo taxa. < http://www.kfri.go.kr/korean/introd/introd_06/introd06_03.htm >.

Linder Peter , 1999, Japanese trees & Shrubs for Sweden - Introduction of Japanese Ligneous Plants into Swedish Parks & Gardens. History and Future Possiblities. < http://www-alnarp.stud.slu.se/~t6petlin/exjobb.html >.

Londoño Ximena , 2002, Evaluation of Bamboo Resources in Latin America. Instituto Vallecaucano de Investigaciones Científicas, Cali, Colombia. A Summary of the Final Report of Project No. 96-8300-01-4. International Network for Bamboo and Rattan. < http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/INBAR_Working_Paper_No35.htm >.

Madulid Domingo A. 1995, A Pictorial Cyclopedia of Philippine Ornamental Plants, Bookmark Inc., Makati Metro Manila, Philippines.

Masman Wim, 1995, Bamboo Names & Synonyms. European Bamboo Society. < http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/users/djh/ebs/synonyms.htm >

Muroi Hiroshi , 2001 - 2003, Bamboo Catalogue in Katakana, Kanji, Latin. 13 pages. Fuji Bamboo Garden, Japan. < http://www.fujibamboogarden.com/index.htm >.

Ohrnberger, D. (Dieter) & Goerrings J. , Founding Editors, 1983 - 1988, The Bamboos of the World : a Preliminary Study of the Names and Distribution of the Herbaceous and Woody Bamboos (Bambusoideae Nees v. Esenb.) documented in lists and maps. Odenthal, Federal Republic of Germany : Edition 1. On going research. The most complete taxonomic study of bamboos ever.

Ohrnberger, D. (Dieter), 1986, The Bamboos of the World : a Preliminary Study of the Names and Distribution of the Herbaceous and Woody Bamboos (Bambusoideae Nees v. Esenb.) documented in lists and maps. Odenthal, Federal Republic of Germany : Edition 1. INDEX.

Ohrnberger, D. (Dieter) & Wen T.H. , 1990, The Bamboos of the World : a Preliminary Study of the Names and Distribution of the Herbaceous and Woody Bamboos (Bambusoideae Nees v. Esenb.) documented in lists and maps. Odenthal, Federal Republic of Germany : Edition 1. GENUS CHIMONOBAMBUSA - April 1990.

Ohrnberger, Goerrings et al. , 1987, The Bamboos of the World : a Preliminary Study of the Names and Distribution of the Herbaceous and Woody Bamboos (Bambusoideae Nees v. Esenb.) documented in lists and maps. Odenthal, Federal Republic of Germany : Edition 2. GENUS PHYLLOSTACHYS - December 1987

Ohrnberger D. (Dieter), 1999, The Bamboos of the World - Annotated Nomenclature & Literature of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Quindembo Bamboo Nursery, 1999 Catalogue < http://www.kamuela.com/qbambu/ >. Many descriptons and romanised common names.

R.F.D.T. 2002, List Bamboos in Thailand. Royal Forest Department of Thailand. < http://www.forest.go.th/ >.

Sánchez de Lorenzo Cáceres, José Manuel, 1998-2000, Diccionario de Sinonimos - Los Arboles en España. < http://www.guiaverde.com/arboles/Sinonimos.htm >

Sánchez de Lorenzo Cáceres, José Manuel, 1998-2000, Diccionario de Nombres Populares - Los Arboles en España. < http://www.guiaverde.com/arboles/Diccionarionombres.htm >

Schroeter A.I., Panasiuk V.A. & Bykov V.A. (Editor), 1999, Dictionary of Plant Names, Koeltz Scientific Books, Germany. (Chinese - traditional, Chinese - romanised, Russian, English, Latin).

Seidenschwarz Franz, 1994, Plant World of the Philippines - An Illustrated Dictionary of Visayan Plant Names with their Scientific, Tagalog & English Equivalents. University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines.

Shor George (Editor), 1998, The ABS Species and Source Lists - Introduction Bamboo Species Source List No. 18 April 1998. < http://www.bamboo.org/abs/SpeciesListIntro.html#The Species Table >.

Shor George (Editor), 2000, Species Source List No 20, American Bamboo Society. < http://www.bamboo.org/abs/SpeciesSourceList.html >.

Solomon Jim, 1998, W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database and associated authority files. (Latin with authority names).

Soreng Robert J. (Chief Editor) et al., 2001, TROPICOS - Catalogue of New World Grasses - 01 Feb 2001. < http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html >

Stover Roger & Stover Hermine, 2000, Bamboo Index, Endangered Species Nursery, Perris, California, USA. < http://www.endangeredspecies.com/B/Names/names.htm >

Tanaka Tyôzaburô, 1976, Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World, Edited by Sasuke Nakao, Keigaku Publishing Co. Tokyo, Japan. (Latin with authority names, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese-romaji), (All short descriptions. A few extra details are available from that book).

Tewari D.N. Dr. 1996, A Monograph on Bamboo, International Book Distributors, Dehra Dun, India. (Indian languages - romanized)

T.F.R.I. 2002, Plant List, Poaceae, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. < http://www.tfri.gov.tw/tbg/tbgmo411.htm >.

The Plant Press, 2000, Dictionary of Common Names. On line version < http://www.plantpress.com/docn.htm >.

van Wijk Gerth H.L. 1962, Originally Published in 1909, Reprinted Courtesy of the Dutch Academy in Harlem, A Dictionary of Plant - Names, Vol.1 Part 1, A. Asher & Co. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Verheijen Jilis A.J. et al. 1993, Glossary of Taxonomic - Indonesian Plant Names, NUSA (Series of Linguistic Studies of Indonesian Languages in Indonesia) Vol. 35. Universitas Katolik Indonesia, Atma Jaya, Jakarta.

Wang D. & Shen S. J. 1987, Bamboos of China. London Christopher Helm.

Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.

Watanabe Masatoshi (Dr.), 2001, Bamboo in Japan, English version : < http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkakd107/E02-e.html >, Japanese version : < http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkakd107/E02.html >.

Watson, L., & Dallwitz, M. J. (1992 onwards). 'Grass Genera of the World: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval; including Synonyms, Morphology, Anatomy, Physiology, Phytochemistry, Cytology, Classification, Pathogens, World and Local Distribution, and References. < http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/. > ALSO Version: 28th May 1999. Dallwitz (1980), Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993 onwards,1998), and Watson and Dallwitz (1994), and Watson, Dallwitz, and Johnston (1986).

Xie Zongwan & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

 

 

 

RESOURCES

American Bamboo Society (ABS), Publish many useful pages. Among them are lists of descriptions classified by genus, list of cold hardy species, etc. < http://www.americanbamboo.org/speciessourcelistpages/speciestablesindex.html >

Australian Bamboo Network (ABN), Publish many useful pages.Noted in particular "How to Prepare Bamboo Shoots for use as Vegetables", Australian sources of plant material, cultivation notes for temperate and tropical conditions etc.

Bamboe, A site compiled by Peter Meeuws. This site has an interesting feature. Any of its pages can be translated from Dutch into a number of languages with the Inter-Trans device. I highly recommend his "Woordenboek" a glossary of bamboo vocabulary which actually makes sense when it is translated by the robot. Start from the Home page < http://home.iae.nl/users/pms/bamboe.html >, click on Inter-Trans icon, fill in windows (Dutch, your language) and click on "lexicon" or equivalent.

Bamboo Australia, "Belli Bamboo Parkland" Kenilworth Road, Belli Park via Eumundi, Queensland 4562, Australia . Sell a wide range of bamboos, including seeds of some species, and run a large display plantation.

Bamboo Down Under , an Australian wholesale nursery. They serve a comprehensive photo album with nice shots of species not commonly found elsewhere. Some shots of more common species are particularly well chosen see for example how they display B. multiplex. < http://www.bamboodownunder.com.au/album/default.asp >.

Bamboo in Japan, A very interesting site, by Dr. Masatoshi WATANABE, from either the ethnobotanist, taxonomist or linguist point of view because it provides photographs, botanical names and common names in English and Japanese, as well as some background on the names such as origin, derivation, meaning etc. All notes are both in English and in Japanese (one language per page). English version : < http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkakd107/E02-e.html >, Japanese version : < http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkakd107/E02.html >.

Bamboo Museum - Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto is a horticultural jewel, its bamboo museum in particular is a must see next time you visit Japan. The next best thing is to visit via the WWW.

Bamboo Select, a well designed Web site for Oprins Plant NV, a Belgian company. Either Dutch or English can be selected to navigate the site. They display a small range of photos but most are comparable in quality to those at Bamboo Garden or Tropical Bamboos. < http://www.bambooselect.com/index.htm >.

Bambouseraie de Prafrance. A French site a little difficult to navigate but with a few hidden treasures. Page versions in English, German & French. < http://www.bambouseraie.fr/ >.

Bambu Brasileiro. A Brazilian site with, among many other things, an efficient tri-lingual mailing list ( bambu-brasil@yahoogroups.com ). Page versions in Portuguese & English. < http://www.bambubrasileiro.com/ >.

Burt Associates Bamboo, P.O. Box 719 Westford, MA 01886 <http://www.tiac.net/users/bamboo/> Have described many types of bamboos in their MiniGuide. <http://www.tiac.net/users/bamboo/burt_13.html> They display some good photographs. They have a useful collection of short shopping lists for the enthusiast that cannot make up his / her mind on which species or cultivar to grow.

Bamboo Garden Nursery, USA, Description of more than 200 bamboos, a section on care, pest & bamboo control and the most attractive collection of photographs beautifully presented. If photos are what you are after and you are short of time visit this site first.

Bamboo Sourcery , USA, describe a number of bamboos. Provide advice on growing bamboos including recipes for potting mixes.

Bambus-Centrum Deutschland, Germany, includes both : Der Bambusgarten <http://www.bambus.de/bambus/garten.html> (Commercial sources of plant material) and Der Bambuswald <http://www.bambus.de/bambus/07/sorten_liste.html> Descriptions (in English and German) and excellent quality photographs.

Canada's Bamboo World < http://bambooworld.com/ > Some beautiful photos unfortunately often spoiled by heavy typed words.

Catálogo Visual de Bambúes < http://www.bambunera.com/visual/ > A comprehensive site in English and Castellano (European Spanish). This is the Visual catalogue (a gallery with several dozen of photographs - 124 when we visited) extremely well organised in 9 galleries of thumbnails correctly labelled botanically. Each picture being linked to a larger photo. The disappointing downside is that the large photos are not of a quality matching the Bamboo Garden images for example. It is a pity because the publishers have taken the care of placing their copyright labels in non-obtrusive spots unlike other website publishers.

Earthcare's list of links. Creatively presented and well designed list of well chosen sites.

Endangered Species < http://www.endangeredspecies.com/B/Names/names.htm > The greatest index of bamboo names in several languages, including Latin, on the Web. Great pity that the authority names are not attached to their respective botanical names. A few photos, many more in the pipeline.

European Bamboo Society (EBS). This is in fact an informal federation of national European bamboo societies. They have compiled a comprehensive resource list covering the world and classified by subject (all related to bamboos of course), including W. Masman's gigantic file of botanical synonyms. They are linked to all the European Societies within the federation.

ISC & FTG High Resolution Scans of Bamboo Specimens - Part of the Virtual Bamboo Herbarium. Ada Hayden Herbarium of Iowa State University and the Fairchild Tropical Garden Herbarium. USA.

INBAR International Network for Bambou and Rattan, Web Resources. They have an exceptionally well organised list. < http://www.inbar.int/web_res.htm >.

Inside Out Enterprises < http://insiderweb.com/bamboo_list_images.htm >. Photos.

Masman Wim, 1995, European Bamboo Society, Bamboo Names & Synonyms. <http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/users/djh/ebs/synonyms.htm > I have not yet come across a botanical name of bamboo that is not included in this well compiled, huge database of synonyms.

Monterey Bay Nursery < http://www.montereybaynsy.com/A.htm > Photos.

Ohrnberger, D. (Dieter) & Goerrings J. , Founding Editors, 1983 - 1988, The Bamboos of the World : a Preliminary Study of the Names and Distribution of the Herbaceous and Woody Bamboos (Bambusoideae Nees v. Esenb.) documented in lists and maps. Odenthal, Federal Republic of Germany : Edition 1. On going research. The most complete taxonomic study of bamboos ever. If one can get hold of some of the 100+ small publications, each published separately, forming part of this on-going work, many questions will be answered. Especially good to sort Chinese, Japanese and botanical names (including Chinese & Japanese scripts). Single folios can be purchased from Verlag D. Ohrnberger, Wiesenstr. 5, 8901 Langweid a. L., Federal Republic of Germany. I would like to know if the folio on Bambusa has been published, anyone knows ? Thanks to all the people who answered that call. I have just caught up with the 1999 edition from Elsevier (B... fantastic, very highly recommended).

Rakusai Bamboo Park, Kyoto, Japan < http://terrabambu.net/bmuseum.htm > A few photos.

Takehei Bamboo Wholesale, Kyoto, Japan. English Home page <http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/takehei/>, Japanese Home page < http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/takehei/indexj.html>. The Japanese pages can be read via Ka-Ping Yee's Shodouka <http://www.shodouka.com/> . They exhibit some beautiful dried canes in their gallery. <http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/people/takehei/poles.html> this can be accessed either in Japanese, with Japanese names and Japanese descriptions, or English with romanised names and English descriptions, starting from the home page of your choice.

Terra Bambu, Italy < http://terrabambu.net/links.htm > Photos.

Tropical Bamboo, Nursery specialised in clumping tropical bamboos. < http://www.tropicalbamboo.com >.

Tropical Bamboos, Florida, USA. A branch of the American Bamboo Society. Plenty of excellent photographs. < http://www.tropicalbamboo.org/species.htm >.

 

 

 

 

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