Sasamorpha is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.Nakai, Takenoshin. 1931. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 5, Botany 26(2): 180Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 111 华箬竹亚属 hua ruo zhu ya shu Sasa subg. Sasamorpha (Nakai) C. H. Hu, Bamboo Res. 1985(2): 60. 1985. Miyabe, Kingo. 1930. Flora of Hokkaido and Saghalien, 2: 180, Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, v. 26, pt. 1–4
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Sasamorpha borealis (Hack.) Nakai – Korea, Japan, Sakhalin Sasamorpha hubeiensis C.H.Hu – Hubei, Jiangxi Sasamorpha oshidensis (Makino & Uchida) Nakai – Japan Sasamorpha qingyuanensis C.H.Hu – Zhejiang Sasamorpha sinica (Keng) Koidz. – Anhui, Zhejiang
Formerly included several species now considered better suited to other genera: Indocalamus, Sasa.
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