Sasamorpha

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|taxon = Sasamorpha

|authority = Nakai

|type_species_authority = Hack.lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6: 208 (1957)Stapleton, Taxon 49: 545–546 (2000)[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030289 Tropicos, Sasamorpha Nakai ]

|type_species = Arundinaria purpurascens

|synonyms = *Sasa subgen. Sasamorpha (Nakai) C.H.Hu

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Sasamorpha is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.Nakai, Takenoshin. 1931. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 5, Botany 26(2): 180[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317022 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 111 华箬竹亚属 hua ruo zhu ya shu Sasa subg. Sasamorpha (Nakai) C. H. Hu, Bamboo Res. 1985(2): 60. 1985. ]Miyabe, Kingo. 1930. Flora of Hokkaido and Saghalien, 2: 180, Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, v. 26, pt. 1–4

;Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=441068 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

1. Sasamorpha borealis (Hack.) Nakai – Korea, Japan, Sakhalin
2. Sasamorpha hubeiensis C.H.Hu – Hubei, Jiangxi
3. Sasamorpha oshidensis (Makino & Uchida) Nakai – Japan
4. Sasamorpha qingyuanensis C.H.Hu – Zhejiang
5. Sasamorpha sinica (Keng) Koidz. – Anhui, Zhejiang

;Formerly included

several species now considered better suited to other genera: Indocalamus, Sasa.