List of bamboo plants
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This table will help you compare all the bamboo varieties and pick the best bamboo for your needs.
Mistakenly known as
Correct name first, wrong name follows.
- Bambusa beecheyana is sometimes known as Sinocalamus beecheyanus
- Bambusa multiplex is sometimes known as Bambusa glaucescens
- Bambusa oldhamii is sometimes known as Sinocalamus oldhamii
- Chimonobambusa marmorea is sometimes known as Arundinaria marmorea
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis is sometimes known as Bambusa quadrangularis
- Fargesia murielae is sometimes known as Sinarundinaria murielae
- Fargesia nitida is sometimes known as Sinarundinaria nitida
- Indocalamus tessellatus is sometimes known as Arundinaria ragamowskii
- Otatea acuminata aztecorum is sometimes known as Anthrostylidium longifolium, or Yushania aztecorum
- Phyllostachys bambusoides is sometimes known as Phyllostachys castillonis, or Phyllostachys reticulata
- Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens is sometimes known as Phyllostachys edulis
- Pleioblastus distichus is sometimes known as Sasa disticha
- Pleioblastus pygmaea is sometimes known as Sasa pygmaea
- Pleioblastus simonii is sometimes known as Arundinaria simonii
- Pleioblastus variegata is sometimes known as Sasa fortunei, or Sasa variegata
- Pleioblastus viridistriatus is sometimes known as Arundinaria viridistriatus, or Arundinaria auricoma
- Pseudosasa japonica is sometimes known as Arundinaria japonica
- Sasa palmata is sometimes known as Sasa senanensis
References
- http://www.americanbamboo.org/SpeciesSourceListPages/SpeciesTablesIndex.html
- http://www.growquest.com/bamboo_plants_a_to_z1.htm
- Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608
