Chimonobambusa

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Chimonobambusa
Chimonobambusa tumidinoda - Villa Carlotta (Tremezzo) - DSC02360.JPG
Chimonobambusa tumidinoda
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Chimonobambusa
Makino
Type species
[1][2]
(Mitford) Makino
Synonyms[3]
  • Oreocalamus Keng
  • Qiongzhuea Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi
  • Menstruocalamus T.P.Yi
  • Yuezhuea T.P.Yi
. Bamboo poles appear to be cylindrical like ordinary bamboos, but they are square to the touch. Native to China.


Chimonobambusa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.[4] They are native to China, Japan, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Himalayas.[5]

Species[3]
  2. – Burmese square bamboo
  22. – large-leaved Qiong bamboo
  23. – marble bamboo
  39. Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda – Chinese walking stick bamboo
formerly included[3]

see Ampelocalamus Bambusa Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Himalayacalamus Vietnamosasa Yushania

  • Chimonobambusa angulata –
  • Chimonobambusa baviensis –
  • Chimonobambusa densifolia –
  • Chimonobambusa falcata –
  • Chimonobambusa gallatlyi –
  • Chimonobambusa griffithiana –
  • Chimonobambusa hookeriana – Himalayacalamus hookerianus
  • Chimonobambusa intermedia –
  • Chimonobambusa jainiana –
  • Chimonobambusa jaunsarensis –
  • Chimonobambusa khasiana –
  • Chimonobambusa naibunensis –
  • Chimonobambusa polystachya –
  • Chimonobambusa pusilla –

References[]

  1. ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 201–202 (1957)
  2. ^ Tropicos, Chimonobambusa Makino
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Makino, Tomitarô. 1914. The botanical magazine, Shokubutsugaku zasshi, 28(329): 153–155 in English
  5. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 152, 方竹属 fang zhu shu Chimonobambusa Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 28: 153. 1914.
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