Phyllostachys nigra
Species of grass
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Black bamboo in Bambouseraie de Prafrance at Générargues , Gard , Languedoc-Roussillon , France | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade : | Tracheophytes |
Clade : | Angiosperms |
Clade : | Monocots |
Clade : | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Phyllostachys |
Species: |
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nigra
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Binomial name | |
Phyllostachys nigra
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Phyllostachys nigra , commonly known as black bamboo [2] or purple bamboo ( Chinese : 紫竹 ), is a species of bamboo , native to Hunan Province of China , and is widely cultivated elsewhere. [3]
Growing up to 25 m (82 ft) tall by 30 cm (1 ft) broad, it forms clumps of slender arching canes which turn black after two or three seasons. The abundant lance-shaped leaves are 4–13 cm (2–5 in) long.
Numerous forms and cultivars are available for garden use. The species [4] and the form P. nigra f. henonis [5] have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit . [6] The form henonis is also known as Henon bamboo [5] and as cultivar 'Henon'. [7]
Uses
It is used for lumber (timber), food, and musical instruments, among other things, in areas of China where it is native and also worldwide.
Phytochemistry
A 2008 study from Zhejiang University , in China , isolated several flavone C-glycosides on black bamboo leaves, including orientin , homoorientin , vitexin and isovitexin . [8]
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species" . Retrieved 28 February 2015 .
- ↑ " Phyllostachys nigra " . Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service , United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 27 February 2015 .
- ↑ Zheng-ping Wang and Chris Stapleton. " Phyllostachys nigra (Loddiges ex Lindley) Munro" . Flora of China Online . Vol. 22.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Phyllostachys nigra " . Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
- 1 2 "RHS Plant Selector - Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis " . Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF) . Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 78 . Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
- ↑ "Bamboo Species Source List" . American Bamboo Society . Retrieved 31 May 2014 .
- ↑ Isolation and purification of four flavone C-glycosides from antioxidant of bamboo leaves by macroporous resin column chromatography and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography. Yu Zhang, Jingjing Jiao, Chengmei Liu, Xiaoqin Wu and Ying Zhang, Food Chemistry , 1 April 2008,, Volume 107, Issue 3, Pages 1326–1336, doi : 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.09.037
External links
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Media related to Phyllostachys nigra at Wikimedia Commons
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Data related to Phyllostachys nigra at Wikispecies
- " Phyllostachys nigra " . Integrated Taxonomic Information System .
- John Lindley (1835). "Description of Bambusa nigra ". The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge . Vol. 3. p. 357.
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Bambusa nigra |