Kuruna

Kuruna densifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Arundinarieae
Subtribus: Thamnocalaminae
Genus: Kuruna
Species: K. debilis – K. densifolia – K. floribunda – K. scandens – K. serrulata – K. walkeriana – K. wightiana

Name

Kuruna Attigala, Kaththr. & L.G.Clark, Phytotaxa 174: 182. (2014)

• Type species: Kuruna debilis (Thwaites) Attigala, Kaththr. & L.G.Clark, Phytotaxa 174: 200. (2014)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Attigala, L., Kathriarachchi, H.-S. & Clark, L.G. 2014. A new genus and a major temperate bamboo lineage of the Arundinarieae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from Sri Lanka based on a multi-locus plastid phylogeny. Phytotaxa 174(4): 187–205. DOI: 10.11646%2Fphytotaxa.174.4.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Kuruna in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Kuruna. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 20 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Kuruna. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Sept. 2021.

Vernacular names

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