Taxon:  Phyllostachys sulphurea (Carrière) Rivière & C. Rivière var. viridis R. A. Young



Summary
Genus:
Phyllostachys
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
Tribe:
Arundinarieae
Subtribe:
Arundinariinae
Nomen number:
407822
Place of publication:
J. Washington Acad. Sci. 27:345.  1937
Verified:
03/06/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Phyllostachys sulphurea (Carrière) Rivière & C. Rivière (0 active accession[s])
Phyllostachys sulphurea (Carrière) Rivière & C. Rivière var. sulphurea (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Phyllostachys viridis (R. A. Young) McClure

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Reference(s)
  1. Chao, C.-S. & S. A. Renvoize. 1988. Notes on some species of Phyllostachys (Gramineae - Bambusoideae). Kew Bull. 43:419.
  2. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  3. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Phyllostachys viridis (R. A. Young) McClure
  4. McClure, F. A. 1957. Bamboos of the genus Phyllostachys under cultivation in the United States. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 114:62. Note: = Phyllostachys viridis (R. A. Young) McClure
  5. Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
  6. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Phyllostachys viridis (R. A. Young) McClure
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English green sulphur bamboo 1 Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
German grüner Sulfurbambus 2 Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Japanese Rōmaji kō-chiku 2 Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Transcribed Chinese gang zhu 2 Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina e.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (e.)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Materialscaneas Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridisOhrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407822. Accessed 5 August 2025.