Fargesia nitida (Mitford) Keng f. ex T. P. Yi GRIN-Global

Taxon: Fargesia nitida (Mitford) Keng f. ex T. P. Yi

Summary

Genus:

Fargesia

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Bambusoideae

Tribe:

Arundinarieae

Subtribe:

Arundinariinae

Nomen number:

407339

Place of publication:

J. Bamboo Res. 4(2):30. 1985

Verified:

01/13/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Arundinaria nitida Mitford

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Sinarundinaria nitida (Mitford) Nakai

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Fargesia demissa T. P. Yi

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Reference(s)

Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Stapleton, C. M. A. 1996. pers. comm.

Common names

English
fountain bamboo –
hardy blue bamboo –
German
Fontänenbambus –
Transcribed Chinese
hua xi jian zhu –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan
2	Cultivated

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407339. Accessed 16 December 2025.