Arundinaria chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino
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Arundinaria chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino
Synonyms: Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Nakai; Bambusa chino Franch. & Sav.; Arundinaria simonii var. chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino; Nipponocalamus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Nakai
Stems rarely more than 2 to 6 ft high, slender, smooth, green, bearing one to three branches at the joints, with spreading, creeping rhizomes. Leaf-blades 11⁄2 to 8 in. long, 1⁄6 to 5⁄8 in. wide, hairless or slightly hairy beneath, with three to seven pairs of secondary veins.
Native of China, introduced to Japan and perhaps thence to Europe. Closely related to A. simonii, which has taller, stouter stems and mostly larger leaves.
cv. ‘Laydekeri’. – Leaves dark green, mottled with dull yellow. Flowered in 1896 (Arundinaria laydekeri Bean; Pleioblastus chino var. laydekeri (Bean) Nakai).
Genus
Synonyms
- Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Nakai
- Bambusa chino Franch. & Sav.
- Arundinaria simonii var. chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino
- Nipponocalamus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Nakai
Infraspecifics
Other species in genus
- Arundinaria anceps
- Arundinaria angustifolia
- Arundinaria aristata
- Arundinaria chrysantha
- Arundinaria disticha
- Arundinaria falcata
- Arundinaria falconeri
- Arundinaria fastuosa
- Arundinaria gigantea
- Arundinaria graminea
- Arundinaria hindsii
- Arundinaria humilis
- Arundinaria japonica
- Arundinaria jaunsarensis
- Arundinaria marmorea
- Arundinaria murielae
- Arundinaria murieliae
- Arundinaria nitida
- Arundinaria pumila
- Arundinaria quadrangularis
- Arundinaria simonii
- Arundinaria spathiflora
- Arundinaria tecta
- Arundinaria tootsik
- Arundinaria vagans
- Arundinaria variegata
- Arundinaria viridistriata
Stems rarely more than 2 to 6 ft high, slender, smooth, green, bearing one to three branches at the joints, with spreading, creeping rhizomes. Leaf-blades 11⁄2 to 8 in. long, 1⁄6 to 5⁄8 in. wide, hairless or slightly hairy beneath, with three to seven pairs of secondary veins.
Native of China, introduced to Japan and perhaps thence to Europe. Closely related to A. simonii, which has taller, stouter stems and mostly larger leaves.
'Laydekeri'
Leaves dark green, mottled with dull yellow. Flowered in 1896 (Arundinaria laydekeri Bean; Pleioblastus chino var. laydekeri (Bean) Nakai).
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