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 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

Culm 3-6 m, dark green; nodes swollen and prominent; internodes obtusely quadrangular in cross section; lower internodes less obviously so.

Year Naturalised

1993

Origin

China

This page last updated on 25 Mar 2010