Poaceae
Beechey's bamboo
Bambusa beecheyana
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bambusa
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 吊丝球竹, 吊絲球竹, 大头典竹, 大頭典竹, 大头甜竹, 淡竹壳, 淡竹根, 淡竹笋
- English
- Beechey's bamboo, Beechey bamboo, Silk-ball bamboo, South-China sinocalamus
Synonyms
- Arundarbor beecheyana (Munro) Kuntze
- Bambusa beecheyana var. beecheyana
- Bambusa beecheyana var. pubescens (P.F.Li) W.C.Lin
- Bambusa verticillata Hook. & Arn.
- Dendrocalamopsis beecheyana (Munro) Keng f.
- Dendrocalamopsis beecheyana var. pubescens (P.F.Li) Keng f.
- Neosinocalamus beecheyanus (Munro) Keng f. & T.H.Wen
- Neosinocalamus beecheyanus var. pubescens (P.F.Li) Keng f. & T.H.Wen
- Sinocalamus beecheyanus (Munro) McClure
- Sinocalamus beecheyanus var. pubescens W.T.Lin
- Sinocalamus pubescens (P.F.Li) Keng f.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.