Abstract:

By analyzing recently published articles (from 2010 to 2019) concerning new genus and new species of Bambusoideae plants, the authors aim to explicit the details of Bambusoideae plants in China. Data sources covered major books and articles published in the field of bamboo plants. Uncertain information is not used for the analysis. All information related to the names of genera, species and Latin presented in this paper are based on Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum and the original reference. Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum and Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum Ⅱ are currently the most comprehensive data source for Chinese bamboo plants, among which plants that originally from China include 38 genera and 728 species, 53 varieties and 114 variants, 4 hybrids, in total of 899 species and species taxa. There are 17 genera, 23 species, 3 varieties, 20 variants, and 46 species and sub taxa. From 2010 to 2019, domestic scholars in related field reported new species of bamboo including 12 new genera, 13 species, 1 variety and 10 variants, 24 species and subspecies in total. Up to 2020, there are 740 species, 54 varieties, 124 variants and 5 hybrid species in 40 genera of the original bamboo subfamily in China, with a total of 923 species and the following taxa (excluding introductive and cultivated ones).

Key words: China, Bambusoideae, Genera, New Species, Bamboo