Origin of Genera

Bamboos, including tropical bamboos, cover large areas north and south of the Equator, and occur in all continents except Europe and the Poles.

Temperate bamboos are limited in their distribution to the following areas:

Bamboos Native to China and Taiwan:
Bambusa, Bashania, Chimonobambusa, Fargesia, Indocalamus, Oligostachyum, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus,Pseudosasa, Sasamorpha, Schizostachyum, Semiarundinaria, Shibataea, Sinobambusa, Yushania

Bamboos Native to Korea and Japan, including the surrounding islands:
Chimonobambusa, xHibanobambusa, Indocalamus, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Sasaella, Sasamorpha, Semiarundinaria, Shibataea, Sinobambusa

Bamboos Native to North India, Himalayas, Nepal and Tibet:
Borinda, Drepanostachyum, Fargesia, Himalayacalamus, Thamnocalamus, Yushania

Bamboos Native to North America:
Arundinaria gigantea, Arundinaria gigantea subsp. tecta

Bamboos Native to South America, mainly Chile:
Chusquea

Bamboos native to South Africa:
Thamnocalamus tessellatus

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