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Inventory recorded 4 genera and 11 species of mountain bamboos in Shennongjia, Central China. Of these, 4 species (Phyllostachys nigra var.henonis, Ph. heteroclada, Ph. nidularia andPh. bambusoides) belong to the monopodial bamboo, 4 species (Indocalamus latifolius, I. longiauritus, I. wilsoni andI. tessellatus) to the amphipodial bamboo, and 3 species (Fargesia spathacea, F. murielae andYushania confusa) to the sympodial bamboo. Monopodial bamboos grow on the gentle slopes below 1800 m asl, occurring from the subtropical belt to the temperate belt in the vertical climatic spectrum of the mountain; Sympodial bamboos occur in higher elevations, ranging from the warm temperate (1200 m), across the mediate temperate and cold temperate, to the mountaintops of the frigid temperate belt (3100 m). Amphipodial bamboos occur in all climate types except the frigid temperate belt. Three dominant species,F. spathacea, F. murielae andY. confusa, currently cover 12%, 9% and 3% of the mountain ranges in Shennongjia, respectively.
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Biography: LI Zhao-hua (1964-), male, ecologist in the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter Flex-Str. 3, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.
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Zhao-hua, L., Ben-yuan, Z. & Zhao-quan, Z. Species and distribution of mountain bamboos in Shennongjia, Central China. Journal of Forestry Research 14, 35–38 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02856759
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