Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28:153. 1914
Verified:
04/05/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- 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).
- Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. 1995
- Wang Dajun & Shen Shao-Jin. Bamboos of China. 1987
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
square bamboo – square-stem bamboo – French
bambou carré – German
vierkantiger Bambus – Japanese Rōmaji
shihō-chiku – shikakudake – Transcribed Chinese
fang zhu – si fang zhu –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
| 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 | Zhejiang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Europe | | Europe | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | North America | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangxi]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan, Taiwan
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Europe
Northern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Human food | vegetable | | Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999 |
| Materials | curiosity item | | 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=10208.
Accessed 30 May 2026.