Poaceae
Square bamboo
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chimonobambusa
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 四方竹, 四季竹, 四角竹, 方竹, 方苦竹, 標竹, 疣竹, 箸竹
- English
- Square bamboo, Square-culmed bamboo, Square-stem bamboo, Square-stemmed bamboo
- Japanese
- シホウチク
- Vietnamese
- Trúc vuông
- Welsh
- Bambŵ pedronglog
Synonyms
- Arundinaria quadrangularis (Franceschi) Makino
- Bambos sikaktake Siebold
- Bambusa quadrangularis Franceschi
- Bambusa sikaktake Zoll.
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. albostriata (Muroi & H.Okamura) T.H.Wen
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. aureostriata (Muroi & H.Okamura) T.H.Wen
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. cyrano-bergeraca T.H.Wen
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. nagaminea (H.Okamura) T.H.Wen
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. purpureiculma T.H.Wen
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. sotaroana (Muroi) T.H.Wen
- Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. suow T.H.Wen
- Phyllostachys quadrangularis (Franceschi) Rendle
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Franceschi) Nakai
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. albostriatus Muroi & H.Okamura
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. aureostriatus Muroi & H.Okamura
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. castillonis Rifat ex Hirsch
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. gimmei Kasahara & H.Okamura
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. nagamineus H.Okamura
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. sotaroanus (Muroi) Muroi
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. tatejima Kasahara & H.Okamura
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis var. albostriatus Muroi & Okamura
- Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis var. sotaroanus Muroi
- Thamnocalamus quadrangularis Recht. & Wetter
Photos
Photo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 大澤風季 ohsawa_Fuki, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.