Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Fargesia
angustissima Yi (OHRN)
CHINESE : 
You zhu zi.
ENGLISH : Oily bamboo.
SYNONYM(S) : Fargesia dracocephala hort., misapplied name
ENGLISH : Red-tipped fargesia.
Photographs
on Chris Stapleton's Bamboo Identification site.
Fargesia
cuspidata (Keng) Z. P. Wang & G.
H. Ye (OHRN)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria cuspidata Keng (Wang), Sinarundinaria cuspidata (Keng) Keng f. (Wang), Sinarundinaria cuspidata (Keng) P. C. Keng (OHRN) , Thamnocalamus cuspidatus (Keng) Keng f. (Wang)
CHINESE : 
Jian wei xiao zhu, 
Jian wei jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Kwangsi umbrella bamboo.
CHINESE : 
Que bao jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Giant panda fodder bamboo.
Fargesia
dracocephala T. P. Yi (Staplet.)
SYNONYM(S) : Fargesia dracocephala Yi (Masman), Fargesia sp. 'Rufa' hort. (Staplet.) , Thamnocalamus dracocephalus (Yi) Dem. (Masman)
CHINESE : 
Long
tou zhu.
ENGLISH : Hardy dragon bamboo, Dragon-head bamboo, Dragon’s head bamboo.
Photograph by Jed Doty & description (in English)
at The Bamboo Garden Nursery (USA).
Photographs
on Chris Stapleton's Bamboo Identification site (UK).
Fargesia dracocephala Yi 'White Dragon'
Photograph by Jed Doty & description (in English)
at The Bamboo Garden Nursery (USA).
SYNONYM(S) : Borinda edulis (Hsueh & T. P. Yi) Stapleton
CHINESE : 空心箭竹 Kong xin jian zhu
FRENCH : Fargesia à jets comestibles.
Fargesia ferax (Keng) Yi (OHRN)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria ferax Keng (OHRN), Sinarundinaria ferax (Keng) P. C. Keng (OHRN )
CHINESE : 
Feng shi jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Prolific chinacane.
Fargesia
fractiflexa Yi (OHRN)
SYNONYM(S) : Sinarundinaria fractiflexa J. J. N. Campbell (OHRN )
CHINESE : 
Sao ba zhu.
ENGLISH : Broom bamboo.
Fargesia murielae (Gamble)
T. P. Yi (GRIN)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria murielae Gamble (GRIN) , Arundinaria spathacea (Franchet) D. McClint , Fargesia spathacea Franchet (W3TROPICOS) , Sinarundinaria murielae (Gamble) Nakai (GRIN), Thamnocalamus spathaceus auct. (GRIN)
CHINESE : Xiao
zhu, Shen nong jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Umbrella bamboo, Giant panda fodder bamboo, Shennong arrow bamboo.
GERMAN : Gartenbambus, Schirmbambus (as F. spathacea).
Photograph of flower by Jed Doty at The Bamboo Garden
Nursery (USA).
Photograph of
whole plant by Ned Jaquith at
The Bamboo Garden Nursery (USA).
Fargesia murieliae (Gamble) T. P. Yi 'Leda'
GERMAN : Leda-Schirmbambus.
Fargesia nitida (Mitford ex Stapf) Keng f. ex T. P. Yi (GRIN)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria nitida Mitford (Wang) , Arundinaria nitida Mitford ex Stapf (GRIN), Sinarundinaria nitida (Mitford) Nakai (Wang) , Sinarundinaria nitida (Mitford ex Stapf) Nakai (GRIN), Sinoarundinaria nitida (Mitford) Nakai (Bykov)
CHINESE : Jian
zhu, Hua xi jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Fountain bamboo, Glossy-leaved chinacane, Hardy blue bamboo, Subalpine bamboo.
GERMAN : Fontänenbambus.
RUSSIAN : 
Fargeziya
blestyashaya, 
Sinarundinaria blestyashaya, 
Sinoarundinaria blestyashaya.
Photograph (whole plant) by Peter Meeuws at Bamboe.
SYNONYM(S) : Borinda papyrifera (T. P. Yi) Stapleton
CHINESE
: 云龙箭竹 Yun
long jian zhu.
FRENCH : Bambou à papier de Chine, Bambou à papier de Yunnan.
Fargesia
pauciflora (Keng) Yi (OHRN)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria pauciflora Keng (OHRN) , Sinarundinaria pauciflora (Keng) P. C. Keng (OHRN)
CHINESE : 
Shao hua jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Giant panda fodder bamboo.
SYNONYM(S) : Thamnocalamus robustus (Yi) J. P. Demoly (OHRN )
CHINESE : 
Guai gun zhu.
ENGLISH : Walking-stick bamboo.
CHINESE : 青川箭竹 Qing chuan jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Giant-panda fodder-bamboo.
Note: This is not the cultivar 'Rufa'
SYNONYM(S) : Sinarundinaria scabrida J. J. N. Campbell (OHRN )
CHINESE : 
Cao
hua jian zhu, 
Huang zhu, 
Kong xin zhu.
ENGLISH : Coarse-flowered hollow bamboo, Rough-flowered hollow bamboo.
Fargesia
spathacea Franch. (GRIN)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria sparsiflora Rendle (Wang), Thamnocalamus spathaceus (Franchet) Soderstrom, Thamnocalamus spathaceus (Franchet) C.D. Chu & C.S. Chao (Wang), Thamnocalamus spathaceus (Franch.) Söderstr. (GRIN)
CHINESE : Xiao
zhu, Jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Umbrella bamboo, Common umbrella bamboo.
RUSSIAN : 
Fargeziya pokryval'tsevaya, 
Tamnokalamus pokryval'tsevyi.
Considered by some authors as a synonym of Fargesia murialiae (Gamble) T. P. Yi
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Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl? fargesia (09 January 2001). (A number of languages, some romanised, Latin with authority names)
Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.
Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).
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