Bambusa multiplex
Chinese Dwarf Bamboo, Chinese Goddess Bamboo
Other regional names: Hedge Bamboo +1 more
- Hedge Bamboo
- Oriental Hedge Bamboo
Also known as: Arundarbor aurea Kuntze +15 more
- Arundarbor aurea Kuntze
- Arundarbor multiplex (Lour.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor nana (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Arundinaria glaucescens (Willd.) P.Beauv.
- Arundo multiplex Lour.
- Bambos nana (Roxb.) Hitchc. & Chase
- Bambos nana var. alphonso-karri (Mitford) Makino
- Bambusa albifolia T.H.Wen & J.J.Hua
- Bambusa alphonse-karrii Mitford ex Satow
- Bambusa argentea Nehrl.
- Bambusa argentea var. vittata Beadle
- Bambusa argentea var. vittata Nehrl.
- Bambusa aurea Siebold
- Bambusa caesia Siebold & Zucc. ex Munro
- Bambusa dolichomerithalla Hayata
- Bambusa floribunda (Buse) Zoll. & Moritzi ex Steud.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a bamboo.
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Bambusa multiplex (commonly known as Chinese dwarf bamboo or Chinese-goddess bamboo) is a bamboo belonging to the Poaceae family. Found natively in Temperate Asia and Tropical Asia, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Bamboo
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Nansei-shoto, New Zealand North, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.