Chimonobambusa

Chimonobambusa
Chimonobambusa tumidinoda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Chimonobambusa
Makino
Type species
Chimonobambusa marmorea [1][2]
(Mitford) Makino
Synonyms[3]
  • Oreocalamus Keng
  • Qiongzhuea Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi
  • Menstruocalamus T.P.Yi
  • Yuezhuea T.P.Yi
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis. Bamboo poles appear to be cylindrical like ordinary bamboos, but they are square to the touch. Native to China.


Chimonobambusa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.[4] They are native to China, Japan, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Himalayas.[5]

Species[3]
  1. Chimonobambusa angustifolia
  2. Chimonobambusa armata – Burmese square bamboo
  3. Chimonobambusa arunachalensis
  4. Chimonobambusa brevinoda
  5. Chimonobambusa callosa
  6. Chimonobambusa communis
  7. Chimonobambusa convoluta
  8. Chimonobambusa damingshanensis
  9. Chimonobambusa fansipanensis
  10. Chimonobambusa gracilis
  11. Chimonobambusa grandifolia
  12. Chimonobambusa hejiangensis
  13. Chimonobambusa hirtinoda
  14. Chimonobambusa hookeriana
  15. Chimonobambusa hsuehiana
  16. Chimonobambusa intermedia
  17. Chimonobambusa jainiana
  18. Chimonobambusa jainii
  19. Chimonobambusa lactistriata
  20. Chimonobambusa leishanensis
  21. Chimonobambusa luzhiensis
  22. Chimonobambusa macrophylla – large-leaved Qiong bamboo
  23. Chimonobambusa marmorea – marble bamboo
  24. Chimonobambusa metuoensis
  25. Chimonobambusa microfloscula
  26. Chimonobambusa montigena
  27. Chimonobambusa ningnanica
  28. Chimonobambusa opienensis
  29. Chimonobambusa pachystachys
  30. Chimonobambusa paucispinosa
  31. Chimonobambusa puberula
  32. Chimonobambusa pubescens
  33. Chimonobambusa purpurea
  34. Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
  35. Chimonobambusa rigidula
  36. Chimonobambusa szechuanensis
  37. Chimonobambusa tianquanensis
  38. Chimonobambusa tuberculata
  39. Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda – Chinese walking stick bamboo
  40. Chimonobambusa unffolia
  41. Chimonobambusa utilis
  42. Chimonobambusa verruculosa
formerly included[3]

see Ampelocalamus Bambusa Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Himalayacalamus Vietnamosasa Yushania

  1. ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 201–202 (1957)
  2. ^ Tropicos, Chimonobambusa Makino
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Makino, Tomitarô. 1914. The botanical magazine, Shokubutsugaku zasshi, 28(329): 153–155 in English
  5. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 152, 方竹属 fang zhu shu Chimonobambusa Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 28: 153. 1914.