Phyllostachys bambusoides

Siebold & Zucc.
Common names: Giant timber bamboo Madake
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24.

Culms to 22 m tall and 15 cm thick, erect or leaning towards the light, base sinuous in some cultivars; internodes glabrous, usually green, in cultivars golden yellow, or with yellow and green stripes, lustrous; nodal ridges usually prominent (scarcely discernible in Crookstem forms); sheath scars thin, not strongly flared, glabrous. Culm leaves: sheaths glabrous or pubescent, greenish to ruddy-buff, more or less densely dark-brown-spotted; auricles absent from the basal sheaths, narrow to broadly ovate or falcate on the upper sheaths; fimbriae greenish, crinkled; ligules rounded and ciliolate to truncate and ciliate with coarse hairs; blades short, lanceolate, reflexed and crinkled on the lower leaves, those above longer and recurved, green or variously striped. Foliage leaves: auricles and fimbriae usually well developed; ligules well developed; blades to 20 cm long and 3.2 cm wide, usually puberulent to subglabrous. 2n = 48.

Distribution

Md., La., Calif., N.C., Ala., Tenn., S.C.

Discussion

Phyllostachys bambusoides, a widely cultivated species, is hardy to -17°C. Several cultivars are available, differing in the color of their culms and leaves.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Phyllostachys bambusoides"
falcate +  and ovate +
Christopher M.A. Stapleton +  and Mary E. Barkworth +
Siebold & Zucc. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
not compressed +
pseudopetiolate +
divergent +  and parallel +
sinuous +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
narrower +
striped +  and green +
deciduous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
usually puberulent +  and subglabrous +
crinkled +  and lanceolate +
small +  and medium-sized +
thickened +  and narrow +
3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br /> (?) +
deflexed;erect +
spikelike +
unequal +
Giant timber bamboo +  and Madake +
branching +, complex +, solid +  and hollow +
pluricespitose +  and diffuse +
perennial +
self-supporting +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2,200 cm22,000 mm <br />22 m <br />) +
leaning +  and erect +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
Md. +, La. +, Calif. +, N.C. +, Ala. +, Tenn. +  and S.C. +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
round +  and compressed +
subtending +
1 +  and 2 +
uncinate +
bracteate +, spicate +  and subcapitate +
racemose +  and paniculate +
green stripes +  and green +
branching +  and complex +
lanceolate +
inconspicuous +
simple +  and complex +
concealed +  and prominent +
swollen +
2 +  and 1 +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
2-keeled +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
1 +  and 3 +
2 +  and 3 +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
Gramineae +
Phyllostachys bambusoides +
Phyllostachys +
species +
membranous +
plant +  and shrublike +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +