Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Arundo bambos L.
• (=) Bambos arundinacea Retz.
• (=) Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.

Common names:

• giant thorny bamboo  (Source: AH USDA) - English
• Indian thorny bamboo  (Source: Bamboo World) - English
• spiny bamboo  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - English
• thorny bamboo  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - English
• bambou roseau  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• bambu-espinoso  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• bambú  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• taggbambu  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental:
• Human food: vegetable
• Materials: cane; fiber (raw material for paper, pulp, plywood) fiber
• Medicines: folklore (as Bambusa arundinacea)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China (s.)

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam


Cultivated

Asia-Tropical

• INDO-CHINA: Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, [Jawa] Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Northern America

• United States

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

References:

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2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.; lists as B. bambos (L.) Voss ex Vilm.
3. Clark, L. G. 2011. pers. comm. Note: common names
4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
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6. Dransfield, S. 1992. The bamboos of Sabah Note: mentions
7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
8. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica Note: mentions
9. Judziewicz, E. J. et al. 2000. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 39:29.
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11. Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
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13. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
14. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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17. Wang Dajun & Shen Shao-Jin. 1987. Bamboos of China
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=403368. Accessed 1 July 2024.