The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

Species

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

Common Name(s)

square-stemmed bamboo

Authority

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Franceschi)

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CHIQUA

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey

Survey:
Collection of observations on the spatial distribution or presence or absence of species using standardised procedures.

plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Similar Taxa

Taxa:
Taxonomic groups. Used to refer to a group at any level e.g., genus, species or subspecies.

Culm

Culm:
The erect stem of a grass.

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internodes

Internodes:
Part of a stem between two nodes.

Year Naturalised

naturalised:
Referring to plants that have escaped from cultivation (including gardens or forest plantations) and can now reproduce in the wild (without human assistance)

1993

Origin

China

This page last updated on 25 Mar 2010