BAMBOOS OF INDI A

Bamboos of India
Table 5. Somatic chromosome number of various bamboo species
of India
Genera and species
Chromosome no.
Genera and species
Chromosome no.
Arundinaria
A. racemosa 48
Bambusa
B. atra 72
B. balcooa 70
B. bambos 70, 72
B. burmanica 70
B. kingiana 76
B. multiplex 70, 72
B. nutans 70
B. oliveriana 38
B. polymorpha 64, 72
B. tulda 70
B. vulgaris 72
Dendrocalamus
D. brandisii 72
D. giganteus 72
D. hamiltonii 70, 72
D. hookeri 36
D. longispathus 48,72
D. membranaceus 46
D. sericeus 60, 72
D. stricuts 56, 70, 72
Dinochloa
D. compactiflora 72
Gigantochloa
G. atroviolacea 72
G. macrostachya 72
G. pseudoarundinacea 72
Melocanna
M. baccifera 72
Ochlandra
O. travancorica 72
Phyllostachys
P. aurea 48
P. bambusoides 48
P. puberula 48
P. simonii 48
Pseduosasa
P. japonica 48
Schizostachyum
S. capitatum 60
S. dullooa 56
S. kurzii 54, 108
S. pergracile 48, 54, 60, 72
S. polymorphum 48
S. anceps 48
S. falcata 48
S. hookeriana 48
S. pantlingi 48
S. wightiana 48
Thamnocalamus
T. aristatus 48
T. falconeri 48
T. spathiflorus 48
Among the anatomical characters, morphology of vascular bundles has been widely used for bamboo identification. In
bamboos, four to five major types of vascular bundles are reported (Grosser and Liese, 1971; Liese, 1987; Wen Taihui
and Chou Wenwei, 1987).
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