Le Viet Lam
Forest Plant Resource Research Division
Forest science institute of Vietnam
Vietnam has been extensively explored for botanical specimens and ecological understanding. Plant specimens are housed in a number of international herbaria but the information on the taxonomy of Vietnamese bamboos is very limited. The systematic study of bamboos is a very difficult task due to unpredictable and sudden flowering and scarce seed production. Most of the works are based on very few morphological characteristics. For these reasons it is important to continue to study bamboo taxonomy in Vietnam.
Field work: Investigate, collect specimen: Based on collected data, sentinel investigation and filled designed questionnaire. Plants specimens are pressed, dried, processed, and stuck to paper according to specimen making method.
Laboratory: Identify scientific names: mainly based on morphology characteristics. In addition to observation, analysis, and comparison of specimen in lab, field observation method is also used. Organize conference on unity of result of Bambuseae classification.
Research on Bamboos classification in Vietnam has record 40 main bamboo species with Vietnamese name and Latin name. Lồ ô Trung bộ (Bambusa balcooa Roxb.); Lộc ngộc (Bambusa bicorniculata sp. nov.); Tre gai (Bambusa blumeana J. A. et J. H. Schult); Mạy bói (Bambusa burmanica Gamble); Dùng phấn (Bambusa chungii McClure); Hóp đá (Bambusa dissemulator McClure); Lùng (Bambusa longissima sp. nov.); Hóp củ chi (Bambusa mutabilis McClure); Lục trúc (Bambusa oldhami Munro); Lồ ô (Bambusa procera A. Chev. et A. Cam.); Tre là ngà (Bambusa sinospinosa McClure); Gầy (Bambusa sp.); Hóp sào ( Bambusa textilis McClure); Tre vàng sọc (Bambusa vulgaris Schrader ex Wendland cv. Vittata) ; Trúc vuông (Chimonobambusa yunnanensis Hsueh et W. P. Zhang); Mạnh tông (Dendrocalamus asper (J. A. et J. H. Schult.) Backer ex Heyne); Luồng (Dendrocalamus barbatus Hsuch et D. Z. Li); Mai ống (Dendrocalamus aff giganteus Munro); Tre tàu (Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro); Diễn đá (Dendrocalamus longivaginus sp. nov.); Mạy sang (Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro); Tre mỡ lạng sơn (Dendrocalamus minor (McClure) Chia et H. L. Fung); Diễn trứng (Dendrocalamus parvigemmiferus sp. nov.); Bương lớn (Dendrocalamus sinicus Chia et J. L. Sun); Mai cây (Dendrocalamus yunnanicus Hsuch et D. Z. Li); Mạy lay (Gigantochloa albociliata (Munro) Kuzz); Mum (Gigantochloa mum sp. nov.); Vầu đắng (Indosasa angustata McClure); Măng đắng (Indosasa crassiflora McClure) ; Vầu ngọt (Indosasa parvifolia C. S. Chao et Q. H. Dai); Giang (Maclurochloa vietnamensis sp. nov.); Trúc hóa long (Phyllostachys aurea Carr.); Trúc sào (Phyllostachys edulis (Carr.) H. de Leh.); Trúc đen (Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro); Trúc cần câu (Phyllostachys sulphurea (Carr.) A. et C. Riv.); Nứa lá to (Schizostachyum funghomii McClure); Nứa lá nhỏ (Schizostachyum pseudolima McClure); Tre quả thịt (Schyzostachyum sp. nov.) ; Mạy cần (Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble); Tầm vông Thyrsostachys siamensis (Kurz ex Munro) Gamble.
Result of studies on Bamboos classification has recorded 40 main bamboo species in Vietnam (Vietnam name and Latin name). Bambusa and Dendrocalamus are the principal genera of large stature bamboos found in Vietnam.
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