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Fishpole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea)

Dlium Fishpole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea)

Fishpole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) is a plant species in the Poaceae, shrub, erect, straight reed, up to 8 meters high, stem diameter 10-15 cm, dark green to bright green in color, shoots often below ground level and covered with midribs, branched rhizomes sympodial.

P. aurea reeds have young reeds covered in a layer of white wax. The segments have very variable lengths and the nodes protrude slightly. Ribbon-shaped leaves, 10 cm long and 2 cm wide. Each tip of the twig has 3 leaves and is often hairy.



Reeds turn yellow in full sun. Reed is very strong and is often used for sticks. The upper reed is strong and flexible, often used to make fishing rods.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Genus: Phyllostachys Siebold & Zucc. in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3: 745 (1843)
Species: Phyllostachys aurea (André) Rivière & C.Rivière in Bull. Soc. Acclim. France, sér. 3, 5: 716 (1878)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Bambusa aurea André in Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 102 (1866)
Phyllostachys bambusoides var. aurea (André) Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 11: 158 (1897)
Phyllostachys meyeri var. aurea (André) Pilip. in Trudy Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 6, Introd. Rast. 6: 187 (1958)
Phyllostachys reticulata var. aurea (André) Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 22 (1912)
Sinarundinaria reticulata var. aurea (André) Ohwi in K.Mayebara, Fl. Austro-Higo.: 86 (1931)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Bambos hoteitsiku Siebold in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 6 (1830)
Bambusa koteisik Zoll. in Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 1: 57 (1854)
Phyllostachys aurea f. albovariegata (Makino) Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 9: 20 (1933)
Phyllostachys aurea f. alternatolutescens (I.Tsuboi) K.Ueda in Bull. Kyoto Univ. Forests 30: 4 (1960)
Phyllostachys aurea f. flavescensinversa (J.Houz.) Muroi in J.Sugimoto, New Keys Jap. Trees: 465 (1961)
Phyllostachys aurea var. flavescensinversa (J.Houz.) Nakai (1933)
Phyllostachys aurea f. koi G.H.Lai in Subtrop. Pl. Sci. 42(1): 56 (2013)
Phyllostachys bambusoides f. albovariegata Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 3(3): 11 (1926)
Phyllostachys bambusoides f. alternatolutescens I.Tsuboi in Ill. Jap. Sp. Bamb., ed. 2: 9 (1916)
Phyllostachys breviligula W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26: 229 (1988)
Phyllostachys formosana Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 140 (1916)
Phyllostachys puberula var. flavescensinversa J.Houz. in Actes Congr. Int. Bot., Bruxelles 2: 222 (1912)
Phyllostachys reticulata f. albovariegata (Makino) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan (Nippon-Shokubutsu-Sōran), ed. 2.: 1376 (1931)
Phyllostachys reticulata f. alternatolutescens (I.Tsuboi) Makino & Nemoto (1931)
Phyllostachys takemurae Muroi (1965)

PUBLICATIONS

Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Del Guacchio, E. (2015). Integrazioni, aggiornamenti e note alla flora esotica della Campania. Informatore Botanico Italiano 47: 147-154.

Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.

Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.

Engelmaier, P. & Wilhalm, T. (2018). Alien grasses (Poaceae) in the flora of the Eastern Alps. Neilreichia 9: 177-245.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.

Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Kumari, P., Singh, P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 30: 1-334. Botanical Survey of India.

Menjívar Cruz, J.E., R.M. Baldini, G. Davidse & P.M. Peterson (2021). El Salvador grasses: An updated catalogue and nomenclator. Phytoneuron 2021-22: 1-131.

Nurtjahya, E. & al. (2026). Flowering Plants of Bangka Island: Native and Introduced. Acta Botanica Hungarica 68: 127-156.

Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Taj, R.K. & al. (2009 publ. 2010). Four new records of bamboos to India from Arunachal Pradesh. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 25: 14-17.

Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Valdés-Reyna, J. Villaseñor, J.L., Encina-Domínguez, J.A. & Oritz, E. (2015). The grass family (Poaceae) in Coahuila, Mexico: diversity and distribution. Botanical Sciences 93: 119-129.

Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

VERNACULAR NAME

Australia: Fairyland bamboo
Catalan: Bambú groc
Chinese (simplified): 罗汉竹 - 台湾人面竹
Chinese (traditional): 羅漢竹
Dutch: Gouden bamboe
English: Fishpole bamboo, Fish pole bamboo, Madake bamboo, Monk's belly bamboo, Walking stick bamboo, Fairyland bamboo
French: Bambou doré
German: Goldrohrbambus
Hungarian: Sárga bambusz
Indonesian: Pringgodani, Bambu pancing, Bambu cendani
Italian: Bambù dorato
Japanese: ホテイチク - 布袋竹 - ゴサンチク
Java: Pring uncue
Polish: Fylostachys złocisty
Portuguese: Bambú-dourado
Russian: Золотой бамбук - Листоколосник золотистый
Slovak: Pabambus zlatý
Spanish: Bambú dorado
Turkish: Sarı Bambu

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