Summary description from Wikipedia:

Phyllostachys edulis in languages:

Chinese

孟宗竹

English

Moso Bamboo

English

tortoise shell bamboo

Italian

bambù edule

Japanese

モウソウチク

Japanese

キッコウチク

Japanese

孟宗竹

Korean

죽순대

Russian

Листоколосник опушённый

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Parent Taxon

• Phyllostachys

Sibling Taxa

• Phyllostachys angusta
• Phyllostachys arcana
• Phyllostachys atrovaginata
• Phyllostachys aurea
• Phyllostachys aureosulcata
• Phyllostachys bambusoides
• Phyllostachys bissetii
• Phyllostachys carnea
• Phyllostachys dulcis
• Phyllostachys edulis
• Phyllostachys fimbriligula
• Phyllostachys flexuosa
• Phyllostachys glauca
• Phyllostachys heteroclada
• Phyllostachys heterocycla
• Phyllostachys iridescens
• Phyllostachys kwangsiensis
• Phyllostachys makinoi
• Phyllostachys meyeri
• Phyllostachys nidularia
• Phyllostachys nigra
• Phyllostachys nuda
• Phyllostachys parvifolia
• Phyllostachys platyglossa
• Phyllostachys prominens
• Phyllostachys propinqua
• Phyllostachys rubromarginata
• Phyllostachys sulphurea
• Phyllostachys tianmuensis
• Phyllostachys violascens
• Phyllostachys virella
• Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens
• Phyllostachys vivax

Child Taxa

• Phyllostachys edulis bicolor

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