Pleioblastus is an East Asian genus of monopodial bamboos in the grass family Poaceae.Nakai, Takenoshin. 1925. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 6(3): 145–147 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English They are native to China and Japan, and naturalized in scattered places in Korea, Europe, New Zealand, and the Western Hemisphere.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 121 苦竹属 ku zhu shu Pleioblastus Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 145. 1925
The plant spreads by vigorous underground rhizomes which run along just beneath the soil surface, producing plantlets at the nodes. These can be used to propagate new plants, but if not removed they can become invasive.
The species Pleioblastus variegatus (green and cream stripes), and P. viridistriatus (green and yellow stripes) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Genetic research suggests that this genus may properly be part of the genus Arundinaria.
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Pleioblastus
formerly included see Acidosasa Ampelocalamus Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Oligostachyum Pseudosasa Sasaella Sinobambusa Yushania
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