Taxon:  Sasa masamuneana (Makino) C. S. Chao & Renvoize



Summary
Genus:
Sasa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
Tribe:
Arundinarieae
Subtribe:
Arundinariinae
Nomen number:
407369
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 44:368.  1989
Verified:
01/15/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pleioblastus masamuneana Makino

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatus. & Muroi ex Sugim.
Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatus. & Muroi ex Sugim. f. masamuneana

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatus. & Muroi ex Sugim. f. albostriata (Muroi) D. C. McClint.

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Reference(s)
  1. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatsusima & Muroi
  2. Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatsusima & Muroi
  3. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
Japanese Rōmaji genkei-chiku as Sasaella masamuneana 2 Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: lists as Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatus. & Muroi
Japanese Rōmaji shiiya-zasa as Sasaella masamuneana 2 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatsusima & Muroi
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalshade/shelteras Sasaella masamuneanaOhrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Sasaella masamuneana (Makino) Hatsusima & Muroi
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407369. Accessed 2 August 2025.