Poaceae
Fishscale bamboo
Phyllostachys heteroclada
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phyllostachys
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Phyllostachys heterocladaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Catalan
- Assanica, Bawa, Decora, Manii
- Chinese
- 水竹, 刚竹, 实心竹, 黎子竹
- English
- Fishscale bamboo
Synonyms
- Phyllostachys bissetii f. denigrata T.P.Yi & H.R.Qi
- Phyllostachys cantoniensis W.T.Lin
- Phyllostachys cerata McClure
- Phyllostachys congesta Rendle
- Phyllostachys dubius Keng
- Phyllostachys heteroclada f. decurtata (S.L.Chen) T.H.Wen
- Phyllostachys heteroclada f. denigrata (T.P.Yi & H.R.Qi) T.P.Yi & H.R.Qi
- Phyllostachys heteroclada f. heteroclada
- Phyllostachys heteroclada f. purpurata (McClure) T.H.Wen
- Phyllostachys heteroclada f. solida (S.L.Chen) C.P.Wang & Z.H.Yu
- Phyllostachys purpurata McClure
- Phyllostachys purpurata f. decurtata S.L.Chen
- Phyllostachys purpurata f. solida S.L.Chen
- Phyllostachys purpurata f. striata S.L.Chen
- Phyllostachys purpureomaculata W.T.Lin & Zhi J.Feng
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
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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.