Identification and bamboos diversity (Poaceae-bambusoideae) at sub district Bantur Malang

ENGLISH:

Bamboo is a plant that include into family Poaceae and subfamily Bambusoideae. Poaceae is also known as Graminae or grasses. Sub district Bantur, Malang is one of area that have the various of bamboo species. The identification of bamboo species at sub district Bantur, Malang is done according to morphology character and the diversity of bamboo species is determined by the distribution of each species of bamboo in each village at sub district Bantur Malang.

Fields studies were held at sub district Bantur Malang during 2 months from September till December 2015. Data analysis, identification and characterization were held at Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology, LIPI Cibinong. This study is done mainly by using qualitative descriptive study, Bamboos species are collected at sub district Bantur Malang and then were described them. Collections were held by exploration method, and explore every location by purposive sampling technique.

The result of the research at sub district Bantur Malang was obtained 13 species and 3 variety of bamboo in 7 genera, they are Bambusa blumeana J.A. & J.H. Schult, Gigantochloa atter (Hassk.) Kurz, Schizostachyum zollingeri Steud., Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex Wendl., Bambusa vulgaris var striata McClure, Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.) Backer ex Heyne, Schizostachyum iraten Steud., Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz, Gigantochloa apus (J.A. & J.H. Schult) Kurz., Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble, Bambusa glaucophylla Widjaja, Bambusa vulgaris var. wamin McClure, Dinochloa matmat S. Dransf. & Widjaja, Fimbribambusa horsfieldii (Munro) Widjaja, Gigantochloa atroviolacea Widjaja, and Schizostachyum castaneum Widjaja.

INDONESIA:

Bambu merupakan tumbuhan yang termasuk ke dalam famili Poaceae dan sub famili Bambusoideae. Poaceae dikenal juga dengan nama Graminae atau rumput-rumputan. Kecamatan Bantur Kabupaten Malang merupakan satu diantara daerah yang memiliki jenis bambu yang cukup beragam. Identifikasi terhadap jenis-jenis bambu di Kecamatan Bantur Kabupaten Malang telah dilakukan berdasarkan karakter morfologi dan keragaman jenis bambu ditentukan berdasarkan distribusi jenis bambu di setiap desa Kecamatan Bantur Kabupaten Malang.

Penelitian ini dilakukan 2 bulan yaitu pada bulan September - Desember 2015, sampel diambil di Kecamatan Bantur Kabupaten Malang. Identifikasi, karakterisasi dan analisis data dilakukan di Herbarium Bogoriense, Bidang Botani, Puslitbang Biologi, LIPI Cibinong Bogor. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif, koleksi dilakukan menggunakan eksplorasi dan explorasi setiap lokasi ditentukan berdasarkan metode purposive sampling.

Hasil penelitian di Kecamatan Bantur Kabupaten Malang diperoleh 13 jenis dan 3 varietas bambu dalam 7 marga, yaitu Bambusa blumeana J.A. & J.H. Schult., Gigantochloa atter (Hassk.) Kurz, Schizostachyum zollingeri Steud., Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex Wendl., Bambusa vulgaris var. striata McClure, Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.) Backer ex Heyne, Schizostachyum iraten Steud., Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz, Gigantochloa apus (J.A. & J.H. Schult) Kurz, Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble, Bambusa glaucophylla Widjaja, Bambusa vulgaris var. wamin McClure, Dinochloa matmat S. Dransf. & Widjaja, Fimbribambusa horsfieldii (Munro) Widjaja, Gigantochloa atroviolacea Widjaja, and Schizostachyum castaneum Widjaja.