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Sasa | |
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Sasa palmata foliage in winter | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
Tribe: | Arundinarieae |
Subtribe: | Arundinariinae |
Genus: |
Sasa Makino & Shibata |
Selected species | |
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Sasa ( Japanese: ササ or 笹), also called broad-leaf bamboo, [1] is a genus of running bamboo. [2] These species have at most one branch per node.
Fossil leaves of †Sasa kodorica are described from the Pliocene of Kodori Valley in Abkazia. [3]