Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
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.
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.
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).
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.
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria ferax Keng (OHRN), Sinarundinaria ferax (Keng) P. C. Keng (OHRN )
CHINESE : 
Feng shi jian zhu.
ENGLISH : Prolific chinacane.
SYNONYM(S) : Sinarundinaria fractiflexa J. J. N. Campbell (OHRN )
CHINESE : 
Sao ba zhu.
ENGLISH : Broom bamboo.
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).
GERMAN : Leda-Schirmbambus.
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.
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.
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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