Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 
• Pleioblastus amarus (Keng) Keng f. (Wang)
• Pleioblastus angustifolius (Mitford) Nakai (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. elegantissimus (Makino ex Tsuboi) Muroi & H. Okamura (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Vilm. (Masman) -> Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus argenteostriata (Regel) Nakai 'Akebono'
• Pleioblastus argenteostriata (Regel) Nakai 'Albostriatus'
• Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai f. argenteostriatus (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai f. glaber (Makino) Murata (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai f. pumilus (Mitford) Muroi (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus auricomus (Mitford) D. McClintock (Sánchez) -> Pleioblastus viridistriatus (Regel) Makino (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Aureovariegata'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Aureostriatus' -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Aureovariegata'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Chrysanthus'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Flavovariegatus'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Gracilis'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Holochrysa'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Kinmei'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Laydekeri'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Murakamianus'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Variegatus'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. angustifolius (Mitford) Muroi & H. Okamura (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. elegantissimus (Makino ex Tsuboi) Muroi & H. Okamura (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. elegantissimus (Makino ex Tsuboi) Muroi & H. Okamura (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. miyakeaus Muroi (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. nebulosus (Makino) Muroi (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. vaginatus (Hackel) Muroi & H. Okamura (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Gracilis' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. villosus S. Suzuki (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. gracilis (Makino ex Tsuboi) Nakai (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Gracilis' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. vaginatus (Hackel) S. Suzuki (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Gracilis' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. vaginatus (Hackel) S. Suzuki f. variegatus (Nakai) S. Suzuki -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Variegatus'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. viridis (Makino) S. Suzuki (T. Enomoto) -> Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai f. glaber (Makino) Murata (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. viridis (Makino) S. Suzuki 'Albostriatus' -> Pleioblastus argenteostriata (Regel) Nakai 'Albostriatus'
• Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. viridis (Makino) S. Suzuki f. pumilus (Mitford) S. Suzuki -> Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai f. pumilus (Mitford) Muroi (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus chrysanthus (Mitford) D. C. McClint. (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Chrysanthus'
• Pleioblastus distichus (Mitford) Nakai (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Miq.) Nakai 'Distichus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus dolichantus (Keng) Keng f.
• Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai -> Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Fortunei'
• Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai f. albostriatus Muroi & H. Okamura -> Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Albostriatus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus gracilis (Makino ex Tsuboi) Nakai (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Gracilis' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus gramineus (Bean) Nakai (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus hindsii (Munro) Nakai (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus humilis (Mitford) Nakai (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus humilis (Mitford) Nakai var. pumilus (Mitford) D. C. McClint. -> Pleioblastus pumilus (Mitford) Nakai (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus kwangsiensis W. Y. Hsiung & C.S. Chao
• Pleioblastus linearis (Hackel) Nakai (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus maculatus (McClure) C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao
• Pleioblastus matsunoi Nakai (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus maximowiczii A. & C. Rivière (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus maximowiczii A. & C. Rivière var. argenteostriatus (Makino) Nakai (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai ' Okinadake ' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus maximowiczii A. & C. Rivière var. argenteostriatus (Makino) Nakai f. elegantissimus (Makino ex Tsuboi) Nemoto (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. elegantissimus (Makino ex Tsuboi) Muroi & H. Okamura (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus nagashima (Lat.-Marl. ex Mitford) Nakai (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus nebulosus Makino -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. nebulosus (Makino) Muroi (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus oleosus T. H. Wen (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus pubescens Nakai -> Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino f. variegatus
• Pleioblastus pumilus (Mitford) Nakai (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Miq.) Nakai (GRIN,OHRN)
• Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Miq.) Nakai var. distichus (Mitford) Nakai (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus shibuyanus Makino & Nakai -> Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino f. variegatus
• Pleioblastus shibuyanus Makino & Nakai f. pubescens S. Suzuki (T. Enomoto) -> Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino f. variegatus
• Pleioblastus shibuyanus Makino & Nakai f. tsuboii -> Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Tsuboii' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai (CNWG, GRIN,OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Akame' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Aureostriatus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Heterophyllus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Variegatus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Viridis' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Zigzag' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai f. variegatus (Hook. f.) Muroi (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Variegatus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai var. heterophyllus (Makino) Nakai (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai 'Heterophyllus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus vaginatus (Hackel) Nakai (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Gracilis' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Albostriatus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Fortunei' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Kiakebono' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Nebulosus' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Shimofuri' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Tsuboii' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino 'Tsumorii' (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino f. humilis (Makino ex Tsuboi) Makino & Nemoto (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino f. variegatus (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino var. viridis f. glaber (Makino) Makino (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai f. glaber (Makino) Murata (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino var. viridis f. glaber non Makino (OHRN) -> Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino f. variegatus (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus variegatus (Siebold ex Miq.) Makino var. viridis f. humilis (Makino ex Tsuboi) Maki (OHRN)
• Pleioblastus viridistriatus (Andre) Makino (GRIN) -> Pleioblastus viridistriatus (Regel) Makino (GRIN)
• Pleioblastus viridistriatus (Regel) Makino (GRIN)

Note

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria amara Keng (Wang)

CHINESE : Ku zhu.

ENGLISH : Common Chinese bamboo, Bitter bamboo.

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus argenteostriata (Regel) Vilm. (Masman)

JAPANESE : Okina dake, Okina dake, Sudare yoshi, Sudare yoshi.

KOREAN : Ong jook.

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus argenteostriata (Regel) Vilm. 'Akebono' (Masman)

ENGLISH : Akebono bamboo, Sunrise bamboo, White-leaved Japanese dwarf bamboo.

JAPANESE : Akebono zasa, Akebono zasa.

Photograph by Jed Doty at The Bamboo Garden Nursery (USA).

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. viridis (Makino) S. Suzuki 'Albostriatus'

JAPANESE : Fuiri goki dake, Fuiri goki dake, Fuiri iyo sudare, Fuiri iyo sudare, Fuiri nezasa (as P. chino viridis albostriatus), Huiri iyo sudare (probably a typographical error), Shiroshima iyo sudare, Shiroshima iyo sudare.

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai 'Kinmei'

JAPANESE : Kinmei goki dake, Kinmei goki dake.

SYNONYM(S) : Bambusa argenteostriata Regel (GRIN) , Pleioblastus maximowiczii A. & C. Rivière var. argenteostriatus (Makino) Nakai (OHRN), Sasa argenteostriata (Regel) E. G. Camus (GRIN)

ENGLISH : Silver-variegated pigmy bamboo.

FRENCH : Bambou nain à feuilles striées d'argent.

JAPANESE : Okina dake, Okina dake, Shima medake, Shima medake.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria argentostriata (Regel) Vilm. var. communis (Makino) Ohwi, Arundinaria communis Makino, Arundinaria variegata (Siebold ex Miquel) Makino var. tanakae Makino, Bambusa argenteostriata Regel, Pleioblastus argenteostriatus (Regel) Nakai, Pleioblastus communis (Makino) Nakai (Wang)

CHINESE : Shan chuan zhu.

ENGLISH : Green-leaved pleioblastus, Mountain bitter bamboo.

JAPANESE : Goki dake (as A. argenteostriata var. communis), Goki dake, Sudare yoshi, Sudare yoshi.

KOREAN : Ee ye yeom (as Arundinaria variegata var. tanakae), Sahn cheon jook (as Arundinaria communis).

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria pygmaea (Miq.) Mitf. var. glabra (Makino) Ohwi, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. viridis (Makino) S. Suzuki (T. Enomoto)

ENGLISH : Glabrous green-leaved pleioblastus.

JAPANESE : Ne zasa, Nezasa (as P. chino viridis).

Photograph in Japan (identified as P. chino viridis).

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria pumila Mitford, Bambusa pumila Mitford, Nipponocalamus pumilus (Mitford) Nakai, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. viridis (Makino) S. Suzuki f. pumilus (Mitford) S. Suzuki, Pleioblastus pumilus (Mitford) Nakai, Sasa pumila ((Mitford) Camus

ENGLISH : Small-culmed pleioblastus.

JAPANESE : Iyo sudare, Iyo sudare, Sudare yoshi (as Arundinaria pumila).

KOREAN : Geun gohk jook.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino (GRIN), Arundinaria hisauchii Makino ex Tsuboi (OHRN), Bambusa chino Franchet & Savatier, Nipponocalamus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Nakai (Masman)

ENGLISH : Foxbrush bamboo (Aust.)

JAPANESE : Azumane zasa, Azuma nezasa, Usen chiku.

KOREAN : Johm hae jahng jook, Git teol jook (as Arundinaria hisauchii) see note.

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. aureovariegata Muroi & K. Kasahara, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino 'Aureostriatus'

ENGLISH : Head-high variegated pleioblastus.

JAPANESE : Fuiri azuma nezasa, Fuiri azuma nezasa.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria chrysantha Mitford (GRIN) , Arundinaria chrysantha Bean (OHRN) , Pleioblastus chrysanthus (Mitford) D. C. McClint., Sasa chrysantha (Mitford) E. G. Camus (GRIN)

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. gracilis Makino ex Tsuboi, Nipponocalamus vaginatus (Hackel) Nakai, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. vaginatus (Hackel) Muroi & H. Okamura, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. gracilis (Makino ex Tsuboi) Nakai, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. vaginatus (Hackel) S. Suzuki, Pleioblastus gracilis (Makino ex Tsuboi) Nakai, Pleioblastus vaginatus (Hackel) Nakai, Thamnocalamus vaginatus (Hackel) Camus

ENGLISH : Slender pleioblastus.

JAPANESE : Hakone dake, Hakone dake, Nayo dake.

KOREAN : Sahng geun jook (as Pleioblastus vaginatus), Yoo jook (as Arundinaria chino var. gracilis), .

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. kimmei Muroi & H. Okamura

JAPANESE : Kinmei azuma nezasa, Kinmei azuma nezasa.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria laydekeri Bean, Bambusa laydekeri (Bean) Mitford, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. laydekeri (Bean) Muroi, Pleioblastus laydekeri (Bean) Koidzumi

JAPANESE : Kinjou chiku, Kinjou chiku.

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. murakamianus Muroi

JAPANESE : Gintai azuma nezasa, Gintai azuma nezasa, Kinkasan.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. vaginata f. variegata Haubrich, Nipponocalamus vaginatus (Hackel) Nakai f. variegatus Nakai, Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. vaginatus (Hackel) S. Suzuki f. variegatus (Nakai) S. Suzuki

JAPANESE : Fuiri azuma nezasa, Yashiba dake.

JAPANESE : Mutsuore shino, Mutsuore chino.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria angustifolia (Mitford) J. Houz. (GRIN), Arundinaria chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. angustifolia (Mitford) C. S. Chao & Renvoize (GRIN) , Bambusa angustifolia Mitford (OHRN), Bambusa vilmorinii hort. ex Mitford (OHRN), Pleioblastus angustifolius (Mitford) Nakai (GRIN), Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino f. angustifolius (Mitford) Muroi & H. Okamura (GRIN), Pleioblastus maximowiczii A. & C. Rivière var. argenteostriatus (Makino) Nakai f. elegantissimus (Makino ex Tsuboi) Nemoto (OHRN)

JAPANESE : Hime shima dake, Hime shima dake.

KOREAN : Heui ho jook.

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino var. semihirtus f. miyakeaus Muroi

JAPANESE : Fuiri katahada, Gintai katahada.

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus nebulosus Makino

JAPANESE : Shiyoubouji dake.

JAPANESE : Fushige azuma nezasa.

CHINESE : Chang hua ku zhu.

ENGLISH : Long-flowered bamboo.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria graminea (Bean) Makino (GRIN), Nipponocalamus gramineus Nakai

JAPANESE : Taimin chiku, Taimin chiku, Taimin chiku.

KOREAN : Dae myong jook (as Arundinaria graminea).

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria simonii var. monstrosa Onume ex Schröter, Pleioblastus gramineus (Bean) Nakai f. monstrispiralis (Y. Okada) Muroi & H. Hamada ex Muroi & H. Okamura

JAPANESE : Rasetsu chiku, Rasetsu chiku.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria hindsii Munro (Wang), Nipponocalamus hindsii Munro , Pseudosasa hindsii (Munro) C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao (GRIN)

CHINESE : Gou zhu, Di zhu, Han shan zhu, , Li zhu (as Arundinaria hindsii), Xing shi ku zhu (Taiwan, as A. hindsii), Si li zhu (as A. hindsii).

ENGLISH : Hinds' cane-bamboo.

JAPANESE : Daimyou chiku, Kanzan chiku (Kazantchiku), Kanzan chiku, Nakai kanzan chiku.

KOREAN : Hahn sahn jook (as Arundinaria hindsii).

RUSSIAN : (as Arundinaria hindsii).

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria humilis Mitford (GRIN), Nipponocalamus humilis (Mitf.) Nakai (Masman), Sasa humilis (Mitford) E. G. Camus (GRIN)

JAPANESE : Aone zasa (Hokkaido), Hirou zasa, Toyo oka zasa.

VIETNAMESE : .

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria kwangsiensis (W.Y. Hsiung & C.S. Chao) C.S. Chao & G.Y. Yang (OHRN)

CHINESE : Guang nan ku zhu.

ENGLISH : Kwangsi bitter bamboo, Guangxi bitter bamboo.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria linearis Hackel (OHRN), Nipponocalamus linearis Hack

ENGLISH : Linear-leaved bamboo.

FRENCH : Bambou du Japon à feuille linéaire.

JAPANESE : Gyoko chiku,Ryuukyuu chiku, Ryuukyuu chiku, Ryuukyuu chiku (Ryûkyû chiku, Ryukyu chiku, Riyuukiyuu chiku).

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus kwangsiensis Hsiung & Chao, Sinobambusa maculata McClure, Sinocalamus maculatus McClure

CHINESE : Ban ku zhu.

ENGLISH : Spotted bitter bamboo.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria matsunoi Makino (OHRN), Pleioblastus matsunoi (Makino) Nakai (OHRN)

FRENCH : Bambou de Yokohama.

JAPANESE : Yokohama dake.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria nagashima (Lat.-Marl. ex Mitford) Asch. & Graebn.

JAPANESE : Hiro zasa.

Possibly a synonym of Pleioblastus humilis (Mitford) Nakai

SYNONYM(S) : Pleioblastus oleosus T. H. Wen (GRIN)

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria pumila Mitford (GRIN), Pleioblastus humilus (Mitford) Nakai var. pumilus (Mitford) D. C. McClint. (GRIN), Sasa pumila (Mitford) E. G. Camus (GRIN)

FRENCH : Bambou nain.

SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria pygmaea (Miq.) Asch. & Graebn. , Sasa pygmaea (Miq.) E. G. Camus ex Rehder (GRIN) , Sasa pygmaea (Miq.) E.G. Camus (Masman)

ENGLISH : Pigmy bamboo, Pygmy bamboo.

FRENCH : Bambou pygmée, Bambou pleioblastus pygmée.

JAPANESE : Ke oroshima chiku, Ke oroshima chiku.

JAPANESE : Akebono oroshima chiku.