PLANTS Profile for Phyllostachys heterocycla (tortoiseshell bamboo)

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PLANTS Profile

Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.
tortoiseshell bamboo

Symbol:

PHHE20

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.

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Distribution:
Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.


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Related Taxa:
Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 20 species in Phyllostachys

Classification:
Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Phyllostachys Siebold & Zucc. – bamboo
Species	Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum. – tortoiseshell bamboo

Introduced Information:
Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 06:29 AM CDT