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:
10 (6  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
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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Conservation Status

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
Englishgreen sulphur bamboo  1Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Germangrüner Sulfurbambus  2Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Japanese Rōmajikō-chiku  2Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Transcribed Chinesegang zhu  2Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world. Note: = Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis (R. A. Young) D. Ohrnberger
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina e.0
2Cultivated    also cult.0
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
Environmentalornamentalas Phyllostachys viridisWang Dajun & Shen Shao-Jin. 1987. Bamboos of China Note: as Phyllostachys viridis
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. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407822. Accessed 15 May 2026.