Golden cane bamboo

Golden cane bamboo
	Branches of golden bamboo ( Phyllostachys aurea )
Systematics
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily :	Bamboo (Bambusoideae)
Tribe :	Bambuseae
Genre :	Phyllostachys
Type :	Golden cane bamboo
Scientific name
	Phyllostachys aurea
	Rivière & C. Rivière

The gold tube bamboo ( Phyllostachys aurea , . Syn : Bambusa aurea André ) is a bamboo - type from the genus Phyllostachys .

description

The golden cane bamboo has dense, narrow, upright, pale green to sun yellow stalks and is 2.5 to 4 meters high. The leaves are light green, 10 cm long and 1 to 2 cm wide.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 48.

etymology

Phyllostachys comes from the Greek and means something like: "leafed ear", a reference to the inflorescence with leaves. aurea [Latin] means "golden" and refers to the golden-colored stalks.

distribution

The golden cane bamboo comes from subtropical areas in southern China in the provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang to Vietnam.

use

In China, walking sticks and fishing rods are made from the stalks, and knobs for umbrellas are made from the rhizomes.

Use in the garden

The golden bamboo is very suitable as a privacy screen or hedge. He is easy to cultivate and adaptable.

literature

Simon Crouzet and Oliver Colin: Bamboo. Agrarverlag 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4195-7 .

Individual evidence

^ Tropicos. [1]
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Phyllostachys aurea. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 23, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Phyllostachys aurea - Collection of images, videos and audio files

The bamboo lexicon: Phyllostachys aurea .

[Tropicos-1] Tropicos. [1]

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Phyllostachys aurea. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 23, 2018.