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Broom bamboo

Phyllostachys nidularia Munro

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phyllostachys

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Broom bamboo: Bamboo specimen in Wangjianglou Park (望江楼公园) - Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
刚竹, 篌竹, 光箨篌竹, 蝶竹
English
Broom bamboo

Synonyms

  • Phyllostachys nidularia f. farcta H.R.Zhao & A.T.Liu
  • Phyllostachys nidularia f. glabrovagina T.H.Wen
  • Phyllostachys nidularia f. mirabilis T.P.Yi & C.Q.Shen
  • Phyllostachys nidularia f. nidularia
  • Phyllostachys nidularia f. speciosa T.P.Yi & C.G.Chen
  • Phyllostachys nidularia f. sulfurea T.P.Yi & C.G.Chen
  • Phyllostachys nidularia f. vexillaris T.H.Wen
  • Phyllostachys subulata W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

Photos

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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.