Summary
Place of publication:
Bambou (Mons) 1:39. 1906
Verified:
03/22/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Chao, C. S. & S. A. Renvoize. 1988. Notes on some species of Phyllostachys (Gramineae: Bambusoideae). Kew Bull. 43:415-422.
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
- Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
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- McClure, F. A. 1957. Bamboos of the genus Phyllostachys under cultivation in the United States. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 114:51.
- Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999
- Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
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Common names
English
moso bamboo – tortoise-shell bamboo – Japanese Rōmaji
kikkō-chiku – mōsō-chiku – Swedish
mosobambu – Transcribed Chinese
mao zhu – Transcribed Korean
juksundae –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shandong | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shanxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Europe | | Europe | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
-
INDO-CHINA:
Vietnam
-
MALESIA:
Philippines
Europe
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Human food | vegetable | | Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 |
| Materials | cane | | Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28158.
Accessed 27 May 2026.