Fargesia

Taxobox
name = "Fargesia"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Fargesia nitida" in the Münster Botanical Gardens
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Bambusoideae
supertribus = Bambusodae
tribus = Bambuseae
subtribus = Arundinariinae
genus = "Fargesia"
genus_authority = Franch.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Fargesia angustissima"
*"Fargesia crassinoda"
*"Fargesia denudata"
*"Fargesia dracocephala" - dragon's head
*"Fargesia frigida"
*"Fargesia fungosa"
*"Fargesia murieliae" - umbrella bamboo
*"Fargesia nitida" - fountain bamboo
*"Fargesia rufa"
*etc.

"Fargesia" is a genus of medium to small mountain clumping bamboos, found in alpine conifer forests of East Asia. They are known in Chinese as "jian zhu" (zh-cp|c=|p=jiǎnzhú), meaning "arrow bamboo". They can be found in China south to Vietnam and west to the eastern slopes of the Himalayas. There are currently about 90 recognised species, but morphological and genetic analysis has led to many being transferred to the genera Thamnocalamus, Yushania and Borinda, while others are still "incertae sedis". Citation
last =Li
first =De-Zhu; Guo, Zhenhua; Stapleton, Chris
contribution =Fargesia rufa
year =2007
title =Flora of China
editor-last =Wu
editor-first =Z. Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y.
volume =22
pages =74
place=Beijing
publisher =Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112649
accessdate =2007-07-16] The scientific name was given in honour of the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges.

Fargesias are some of the world's most hardy bamboos, and they do not spread vigorously. Common bamboos in the genus "Fargesia" are essential foods for the pandas, and the recent flowering of "Fargesia nitida" has had a devastating effect.

Because Fargesias are becoming more well-known for their thick clumping habits, they have become cheaper and available at many nurseries.

Taxonomy

This genus is sometimes considered a synonym of "Thamnocalamus".

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