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Giant timber bamboo

Phyllostachys reticulata (Rupr.) K.Koch

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phyllostachys

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Giant timber bamboo: Phyllostachys bambusoides at the botanical garden of Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini , Genova Pegli
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)
Arabic
الخيزران المنقط
Chinese
剛竹, 桂竹, 光竹, 台竹, 斑竹, 日本苦竹, 鋼鐵頭竹, 鬼角竹
English
Giant timber bamboo, All gold bamboo, Castillon bamboo, Embroidered sheath bamboo, Golden bamboo, Hardy timber bamboo, Inverted castillon bamboo, Japanese timber bamboo
Icelandic
Ætibambus
Japanese
マダケ
Korean
왕대
mnc
ᠮᡝᡵᠰᡝᠩᡤᡝ ᠴᡠᠰᡝ ᠮᠣᠣ
Portuguese
Bambu-imperial
Russian
Листоколосник бамбуковый
szy
Angsi

Synonyms

  • Bambos kinmeitsch Siebold
  • Bambos metake Siebold
  • Bambusa bifolia Siebold ex Munro
  • Bambusa castillonii Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière
  • Bambusa duquilioi Carrière
  • Bambusa marliacea Mitford
  • Bambusa mazelii Pradelle
  • Bambusa quilioi (Rivière & C.Rivière) Rob.
  • Bambusa reticulata Rupr.
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides Siebold & Zucc.
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. castilloni-inversa (J.Houz.) Muroi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. castillonii (Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière) T.P.Yi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. geniculata (Nakai) Muroi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. holochrysa (Pfitzer) Muroi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. kashirodake Makino
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. katashibo Muroi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. kawadana I.Tsuboi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. lacrima-deae Keng f. & T.H.Wen
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. marliacea (Mitford) Muroi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. mixta Z.P.Wang & N.X.Ma
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. nigrostriata Muroi & H.Okamura
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. shouzhu T.P.Yi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. subvariegata I.Tsuboi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. tanakae I.Tsuboi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. zigzag Muroi
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides f. zitchiku Makino & Honda
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides var. castilloni-holochrysa J.Houz.
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides var. castilloni-inversa J.Houz.
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides var. holochrysa (Pfitzer) E.G.Camus
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides var. marliacea (Mitford) Makino
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides var. quilioi (Rivière & C.Rivière) E.G.Camus
  • Phyllostachys bambusoides var. sulphurea I.Tsuboi
  • Phyllostachys castillonii (Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière) Mitford
  • Phyllostachys castillonii var. holochrysa Pfitzer
  • Phyllostachys castillonii var. inversa A.H.Lawson
  • Phyllostachys castillonis hort. ex Mitford
  • Phyllostachys compressus Uyeki
  • Phyllostachys geniculata R.Stover
  • Phyllostachys lithophila Hayata
  • Phyllostachys macrantha Siebold & Zucc.

and 18 more.

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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.