Poaceae
Golden bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phyllostachys
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- خيزوران اصفر
- Azerbaijani
- Qızılyarpaq sünbül
- Catalan
- Bambú groc, Bambú daurat, Bambú del Japó, Bambú japonès
- Chinese
- 人面竹, 布袋竹, 羅漢竹, 臺灣人面竹, 薑竹, 虎山竹, 鼓槌竹
- Czech
- Listoklasec zlatý
- Danish
- Gylden Furebambus
- English
- Golden bamboo, Monk's belly bamboo
- German
- Goldrohrbambus
- Icelandic
- Gullbambus
- Japanese
- ホテイチク, 人面竹, 布袋竹
- Korean
- 포대죽
- Spanish
- Bambu amarillo, Bambu dorado, Bambu japones, Bambu japonés, Bambú amarillo, Bambú dorado, Bambú japones, Bambú japonés
- Vietnamese
- Trúc hóa long
Synonyms
- Bambos koteisik Siebold
- Bambusa aurea Carrière
- Bambusa aurea André
- Bambusa koteisik Zoll.
- Phyllostachys aurea f. albovariegata (Makino) Nakai
- Phyllostachys aurea f. alternatolutescens (I.Tsuboi) K.Ueda
- Phyllostachys aurea f. flavescensinversa (J.Houz.) Muroi
- Phyllostachys aurea var. flavescensinversa (J.Houz.) Nakai
- Phyllostachys bambusoides f. albovariegata Makino
- Phyllostachys bambusoides f. alternatolutescens I.Tsuboi
- Phyllostachys bambusoides var. aurea (Carrière ex Rivière & C.Rivière) Makino
- Phyllostachys breviligula W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu
- Phyllostachys formosana Hayata
- Phyllostachys meyeri var. aurea (Rivière & C.Rivière) Pilip.
- Phyllostachys puberula var. flavescensinversa J.Houz.
- Phyllostachys reticulata f. albovariegata (Makino) Makino & Nemoto
- Phyllostachys reticulata f. alternatolutescens (I.Tsuboi) Makino & Nemoto
- Phyllostachys reticulata var. aurea (Rivière & C.Rivière) Makino
- Phyllostachys takemurae Muroi
- Sinarundinaria reticulata var. aurea (Rivière & C.Rivière) Ohwi
- Sinoarundinaria formosa (Hayata) Ohwi ex Mayeb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid, Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Paul Bell-Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aimee Macarthur, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paul Bell-Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jordi Coll Costa, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: conapa técnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Jordi Coll Costa assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Iratze Martinez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fabio Lo Valvo, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.