Fargesia
| Fargesia | |
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| Fargesia nitida Münster Botanical Gardens, Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Arundinarieae |
| Subtribe: | Arundinariinae |
| Genus: | Fargesia Franch.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Fargesia spathacea Franch.
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Fargesia is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family.[2] These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas.[3] Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names including umbrella bamboo and fountain bamboo.[4][5]
They are medium to small mountain clumping bamboos, native to alpine conifer forests of East Asia, from China south to Vietnam and west to the eastern slopes of the Himalayas. They are known in Chinese as jian zhu (Chinese: 箭竹; pinyin: jiànzhú), meaning "arrow bamboo".
The scientific name was given in honour of the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912).
Fargesias are some of the world's hardiest bamboos, but they do not spread vigorously. Common bamboos in the genus Fargesia are essential foods for giant pandas, and large-scale flowering of its species has had a devastating effect on panda populations. Giant panda habitat will therefore need at least two species of Fargesia, to ensure food supply during flowering events.[6][7]
Because fargesias are becoming more well known for their thick clumping habits, they have become cheaper and available at many nurseries.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus currently includes 49 accepted species.[1] Many species previously included here were transferred to the genera Borinda, Thamnocalamus, and Yushania based on morphological and genetic analyses.[8] As of May 2025[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[1]
- Fargesia alatovaginata T.P.Yi & J.Y.Shi
- Fargesia apicirubens Stapleton
- Fargesia brevipes (McClure) T.P.Yi
- Fargesia brevissima T.P.Yi
- Fargesia caduca T.P.Yi
- Fargesia canaliculata T.P.Yi
- Fargesia circinata Hsueh & T.P.Yi
- Fargesia concinna T.P.Yi
- Fargesia conferta T.P.Yi
- Fargesia cuspidata (Keng) Z.P.Wang & G.H.Ye
- Fargesia daminiu T.P.Yi & J.Y.Shi
- Fargesia decurvata J.L.Lu
- Fargesia denudata T.P.Yi
- Fargesia dracocephala T.P.Yi
- Fargesia dulcicula T.P.Yi
- Fargesia exposita T.P.Yi
- Fargesia funiushanensis T.P.Yi
- Fargesia glabrifolia T.P.Yi
- Fargesia gongshanensis T.P.Yi
- Fargesia hackelii Ohrnb.
- Fargesia hainanensis T.P.Yi
- Fargesia jiulongensis T.P.Yi
- Fargesia lincangensis T.P.Yi
- Fargesia longiuscula (Hsueh f. & Y.Y.Dai) Ohrnb.
- Fargesia mali T.P.Yi
- Fargesia melanostachys (Hand.-Mazz.) T.P.Yi
- Fargesia microauriculata M.S.Sun, D.Z.Li & H.Q.Yang
- Fargesia murielae (Gamble) T.P.Yi
- Fargesia nitida (Mitford) Keng f. ex T.P.Yi
- Fargesia obliqua T.P.Yi
- Fargesia orbiculata T.P.Yi
- Fargesia pauciflora (Keng) T.P.Yi
- Fargesia plurisetosa T.H.Wen
- Fargesia porphyrea T.P.Yi
- Fargesia purpurea D.Z.Li & X.Y.Ye
- Fargesia qinlingensis T.P.Yi & J.X.Shao
- Fargesia robusta T.P.Yi
- Fargesia rufa T.P.Yi
- Fargesia sapaensis N.H.Xia & You Y.Zhang
- Fargesia scabrida T.P.Yi
- Fargesia semicoriacea T.P.Yi
- Fargesia spathacea Franch.
- Fargesia stenoclada T.P.Yi
- Fargesia tenuilignea T.P.Yi
- Fargesia ungulata T.H.Wen
- Fargesia vicina (Keng) T.P.Yi
- Fargesia weiningensis T.P.Yi & Lin Yang
- Fargesia wuliangshanensis T.P.Yi
- Fargesia yuanjiangensis Hsueh & T.P.Yi
- Fargesia yunnanensis Hsueh & T.P.Yi
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Fargesia Franch.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ Franchet, Adrien René. 1893. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 1067
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 74 箭竹属 jian zhu shu Fargesia Franchet, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris. 2: 1067. 1893.
- ^ Darke, R. 1999. Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Cat-tails, and Selected Bamboos 1–325. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon USA
- ^ Yi, Tong Pei. 1988. Journal of Bamboo Research 7(2)
- ^ "Flowering bamboo danger to panda population". Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ Tian, Zhaoxue; Liu, Xuehua; Fan, Zhiyong; Liu, Jianguo; Pimm, Stuart L.; Liu, Lanmei; Garcia, Claude; Songer, Melissa; Shao, Xiaoming; Skidmore, Andrew; Wang, Tiejun; Zhang, Yuke; Chang, Youde; Jin, Xuelin; Gong, Minghao; Zhou, Lingguo; He, Xiangbo; Dang, Gaodi; Zhu, Yun; Cai, Qiong (2019-06-01). "The next widespread bamboo flowering poses a massive risk to the giant panda". Biological Conservation. 234: 180–187. Bibcode:2019BCons.234..180T. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.03.030. hdl:20.500.11850/336276. ISSN 0006-3207. S2CID 132717643.
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Li, De-Zhu; Guo, Zhenhua; Stapleton, Chris (2007), "Fargesia rufa", in Wu, Z. Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y. (ed.), Flora of China, vol. 22, Beijing: Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, p. 74, retrieved 2007-07-16
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External links
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