Davidsea

Davidsea attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Supertribe:	Bambusodae
Tribe:	Bambuseae
Subtribe:	Melocanninae
Genus:	Davidsea; Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis
Species:	D. attenuata
Binomial name
	Davidsea attenuata; (Thwaites) Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis
Synonyms
	Bambusa attenuata Thwaites; Teinostachyum attenuatum (Thwaites) Munro;

Davidsea attenuata is a Sri Lankan species of bamboo in the grass family.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Davidsea attenuata is only known species of the genus Davidsea.^[1] The people of its natural range in Sri Lanka use the leaves to weave baskets.

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Soderstrom, Thomas Robert & Ellis, Roger P. 1988. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 72: 59
^ Tropicos, Davidsea Soderstr. & R.P. Ellis
^ Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta
^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 375-376 as Bambusa attenuata; descriptions in Latin, commentary in English

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[h-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Soderstrom, Thomas Robert & Ellis, Roger P. 1988. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 72: 59

[3] Tropicos, Davidsea Soderstr. & R.P. Ellis

[4] Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta

[5] Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 375-376 as Bambusa attenuata; descriptions in Latin, commentary in English

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