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|accepted_name=Phyllostachys bambusoides
|accepted_authority=Siebold & Zucc.
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|common_names=Giant timber bamboo;Madake
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Bambusoideae;Poaceae tribe Bambuseae;Phyllostachys;Phyllostachys bambusoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Bambusoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Bambuseae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phyllostachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Phyllostachys bambusoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>to 22 m tall and 15 cm thick, erect or leaning towards the light, base sinuous in some cultivars; internodes glabrous, usually green, in cultivars golden yellow, or with yellow and green stripes, lustrous; nodal ridges usually prominent (scarcely discernible in 'Crookstem' forms); sheath scars thin, not strongly flared, glabrous. <b>Culm</b> leaves: sheaths glabrous or pubescent, greenish to ruddy-buff, more or less densely dark-brown-spotted; auricles absent from the basal sheaths, narrow to broadly ovate or falcate on the upper sheaths; fimbriae greenish, crinkled; ligules rounded and ciliolate to truncate and ciliate with coarse hairs; blades short, lanceolate, reflexed and crinkled on the lower leaves, those above longer and recurved, green or variously striped. <b>Foliage</b> leaves: auricles and fimbriae usually well developed; ligules well developed; blades to 20 cm long and 3.2 cm wide, usually puberulent to subglabrous. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|distribution=Md.;La.;Calif.;N.C.;Ala.;Tenn.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Phyllostachys bambusoides</i>, a widely cultivated species, is hardy to -17°C. Several cultivars are available, differing in the color of their culms and leaves.</p>
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name=Phyllostachys bambusoides
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|authority=Siebold & Zucc.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Md.;La.;Calif.;N.C.;Ala.;Tenn.;S.C.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Bambusoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Bambuseae
|genus=Phyllostachys
|species=Phyllostachys bambusoides
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