List of bamboo plants

List of bamboo by latin name

Latin name	Common name	Controlled (uncontrolled) height	Growth habit	Stem diameter	Hardiness	Comments	Photo
Arundinaria amabilis	Tonkin Cane, Teastick Bamboo
Arundinaria gigantea
Bambusa beecheyana	Beechey Bamboo
Bambusa chungii barbalata
Bambusa dissimulator
Bambusa dolichoclada
Bambusa dolichomerithalla
Bambusa edulis
Bambusa lako
Bambusa malingensis
Bambusa membranacea
Bambusa multiplex
B. m. 'Alphonse Karr'	Alphonse Karr Bamboo
B. m. 'Fernleaf'	Fernleaf Bamboo
B. m. 'Golden Goddess Bamboo'	Golden Goddess Bamboo
B. m. 'Chinese Goddess Bamboo'	Chinese Goddess Bamboo
B. m. 'Silverstripe'	Silverstripe Bamboo
Bambusa nutans
Bambusa oldhamii	Oldham Bamboo, Clumping Giant Timber Bamboo
Bambusa pachinensis
Bambusa pervariabilis
Bambusa textilis
Bambusa tulda
Bambusa tuldoides	Planting Pole Bamboo
Bambusa ventricosa	Buddha's Belly Bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris vittata
Bashania fargesii
Borinda boliana
Borinda fungosa
Chimonobambusa marmorea	Marbled Bamboo
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis	Square Stem Bamboo
Chusquea coronalis
Chusquea cumingii
Chusquea pittieri
Dendrocalamus asper
Dendrocalamus brandisii
Dendrocalamus giganteus
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis
Dendrocalamus latiflorus
Dendrocalamus minor
Dendrocalamus strictus
Drepanostachyum khashianum
Fargesia dracocephala
Fargesia muriela
Fargesia nitida	Fountain Bamboo
Fargesia robusta
Fargesia rufa
Gelidocalamus fangianus
Gigantochloa albociliata
Gigantochloa atroviolacea
Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
Guadua chacoensis
Hibanobambusa tranquillans
Himalayacalamus asper
Himalayacalamus falconeri
Himalayacalamus hookerianus
Himalayacalamus porcatus
Indocalamus latifolius
Indocalamus longiauritus
Indocalamus tessellatus
Ochlandra stridula
Otatea acuminata aztecorum	Mexican Weeping Bamboo
Otatea acuminata michoican
Phyllostachys angusta
Phyllostachys atrovaginata
Phyllostachys aurea	Golden Bamboo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata	Yellow Groove Bamboo
Phyllostachys bambusoides	Giant Timber Bamboo, Japanese Timber Bamboo
P. b. 'Castillon'	Castillon Bamboo
Phyllostachys bissetii
Phyllostachys dulcis
Phyllostachys edulis
Phyllostachys glauca
Phyllostachys heteroclada pubescens	Moso Bamboo
Phyllostachys humilis
Phyllostachys mannii
Phyllostachys meyeri
Phyllostachys nidularia
Phyllostachys nigra	Black Bamboo
P. n. 'Henon'	Henon Bamboo
Phyllostachys nuda
Phyllostachys rubromarginata
Phyllostachys violascens
Phyllostachys viridis
Phyllostachys vivax
Pleioblastus akebono
Pleioblastus argenteostriatus
Pleioblastus chino vaginata
Pleioblastus distichus	Dwarf Fernleaf Bamboo
Pleioblastus fortunei
Pleioblastus fortunei
Pleioblastus gramineus
Pleioblastus hindsii
Pleioblastus linearis
Pleioblastus pygmaea
Pleioblastus pygmaeus
Pleioblastus shibuyanus
Pleioblastus simonii	Simon Bamboo, Medake Bamboo
P. s. variegatus
Pleioblastus variegata	Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Pseudosasa amabilis
Pseudosasa japonica	Arrow Bamboo
Pseudosasa usawai
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda
Sasa kurilensis
Sasa megalophylla
Sasa nagimontana
Sasa palmata	Palmate Bamboo
Sasa tsuboiana
Sasa veitchii
Sasaella masamuneana
Semiarundinaria fastuosa	Narihira Bamboo
Semiarundinaria makinoi
Semiarundinaria okuboi
Semiarundinaria yashadake
Shibataea kumasaca
Sinobambusa tootsik
Thamnocalamus aristatus
Thamnocalamus tessellatus
Thyrsostachys siamensis
Yushania anceps
Yushania maling

References

• http://www.growquest.com/bamboo_plants_a_to_z1.htm
• Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608