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Bamboo resources, utilization and ex-situ conservation in Xishuangbanna, South-eastern China

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This paper describes the geographical distribution, utilization, cultural value and ex-situ conservation of bamboo resources in Xishuangbanna, Yunan Province, China. Sixty species of bamboo in 19 genera are recorded in Xishuangbanna. The area of natural bamboo forest is 14319 ha, accounting for 5.92% of whole area of Xishuangbanna. The abundant resource of bamboo plays an important role in the economics and culture of national minorities in Xishuangbanna. Xishuangbanna Tropic Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), started to introduce bamboo species in 1961 and established the ex-situ conservation reserve (8 ha) of bamboo in 1981. Up to now, 211 species in 27 genera collected from tropic and sub-tropic of China and South-east Asia have been planted in the bamboo reserve, of which 11 species have bloomed and seeded, and their seeds were cultivated in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Gardens, CAS, China.

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  1. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Gardens, CAS, Menglun, Yunnan, 666303, P. R. China

    Qing Yang, Zhu-biao Duan, Zheng-liang Wang & Kai-hong He

  2. Graduate School of International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan & Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100102, P. R. China

    Qing Yang

  3. Research Institutes of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, P. R. China

    Qi-xiang Sun & Zhen-hua Peng

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Foundation item: This paper was supported by The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2004DKA30400-05-01-02).

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Yang, Q., Duan, Zb., Wang, Zl. et al. Bamboo resources, utilization and ex-situ conservation in Xishuangbanna, South-eastern China. Journal of Forestry Research 19, 79–83 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-008-0015-6

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