Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Chimonobambusa
armata (Gamble) Hsueh & Yi
A (OHRN)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria armata Gamble (IPNI,OHRN), Chimonocalamus armatus (Gamble) R. B. Majumdar (OHRN), Oreocalamus armatus (Gamble) Wen (OHRN)
BURMESE : Mai tut.
CHINESE : Mian dian fang zhu.
ENGLISH : Burmese square bamboo.
Chimonobambusa
communis (P. C. Keng) Wen &
Orhnb. (OHRN) A
SYNONYM(S) : Qiongzhuea communis (P. C. Keng) Hsüeh & Yi (OHRN) s
CHINESE : 
Ping zhu, Qing zhu.
ENGLISH : Common qiong bamboo, Edible qiong bamboo.
FRENCH : Bambou qiong à rejets comestibles, Bambou qiong des cordeliers.
Chimonobambusa falcata (Nees) Nakai (GRIN) ->
Drepanostachyum
falcatum (Nees) Keng
f. (GRIN)
Chimonobambusa macrophylla Wen & Orhnb. (OHRN) A
SYNONYM(S) : Qiongzhuea macrophylla Hsüeh & Yi, Qiongzhuea macrophylla (Wen & Orhnberger) Hsueh & Yi (OHRN)
CHINESE : 
Da ye qiong
zhu.
ENGLISH : Large-leaved Qiong bamboo.
Chimonobambusa
maculata (Wen) Wen
CHINESE : 
Hu
nan leng zhu (Hunan lengzhu).
Chimonobambusa
marmorea (Mitford)
Makino (GRIN,OHRN,Wang)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria marmorea (Mitford) Makino (GRIN), Bambusa marmorea Mitford (GRIN,Wang)
CHINESE : 
Han
zhu, 
Hei ci zhu.
ENGLISH : Marbled bamboo, Mottled bamboo.
JAPANESE : 
Kan
chiku, 
Kan chiku, Kan chiku.
KOREAN : 
Hahn jook.
RUSSIAN : 
,
.
Chimonobambusa
marmorea (Mitford) Makino
'Ginmei'
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitford) Makino 'Gimmei' (OHRN) , Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitford) Makino f. gimmei Muroi & Kasahara (OHRN)
JAPANESE : Ginmei kanchiku, 
Ginmei kanchiku.
Chimonobambusa
marmorea (Mitford) Makino
'Kinmei'
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitford) Makino 'Kimmei' (OHRN) , Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitford) Makino f. kimmei Muroi & H. Okamura (OHRN)
JAPANESE : Kinmei kanchiku,
Kinmei kanchiku, Kishima
kanchiku, 
Kishima kanchiku.
Chimonobambusa
marmorea (Mitford) Makino
'Variegata'
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria marmorea (Mitford) Makino var. variegata Makino, Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitford) Makino f. albovariegata Rifat, Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitford) Makino f. variegata (Makino) Ohwi, Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitford) Makino var. variegata (Makino) Makino
ENGLISH : Variegated-leaved marbled bamboo.
JAPANESE : Chigo kanchiku,
Chigo kanchiku.
Chimonobambusa metuoensis Hsüeh & Yi (OHRN)
CHINESE : 
Mo tuo fang zhu.
Chimonobambusa
neopurpurea Yi (OHRN)
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa purpurea Yi
CHINESE : Ci
hei zhu.
Chimonobambusa pachystachys Hsueh & Yi (OHRN)
CHINESE : 
Ci zhu zi, Ci fang zhu.
ENGLISH : Thorny bamboo.
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Makino
(Mabb,OHRN,Wang)
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria angulata (Munro) Porterf. (GRIN) , Arundinaria quadrangularis (Fenzi) Mak. (Wang), Bambusa angulata Munro, Bambusa quadrangularis Franceschi (GRIN), Bambusa quadrangularis Fenzi. (Wang), Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Keng) Makino (Bykov), Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Franceschi) Makino (GRIN), Phyllostachys quadrangularis (Fenzi) Rendle (GRIN), Tetragonocalamus angulatus (Munro) Nakai, Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai
CHINESE : 
Si
jiao zhu (Ssu chiao chu), Si
fang zhu, Fang zhu (Fang chu), 
Fang ku zhu.
ENGLISH : Square bamboo, Square-culmed bamboo, Square-stem bamboo, Square-stemmed bamboo.
FRENCH : Bambou carré.
GERMAN : Vierkantiger Bambus.
JAPANESE : 
Shikaku dake, 
Shikaku dake, 
Shikaku dake, Kaku chiku, Kaku
chiku, 
Shihou chiku (Shihô chiku),
Shihou chiku.
RUSSIAN : 
.
VIETNAMESE : Trúc vuông.
Photograph and description in English by Masatoshi WATANABE
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. albostriata (Muroi & H. Okamura) Wen, Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. albostriatus Muroi & H. Okamura
JAPANESE : 
Fuiri shihou chiku,
Fuiri shihou
chiku, Fuiri shikaku
dake, Fuiri shikaku dake.
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Makino 'Aureostriata'
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. aureostriata (Muroi & H. Okamura) Wen, Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. aureostriatus Muroi & H. Okamura
JAPANESE : 
Kishima shihou chiku,
Kishima shihou chiku, Kishima shikaku dake, Kishima shikaku dake.
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
(Fenzi) Makino 'Cyrano de Bergerac'
SYNONYM(S) : Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. striatus Rifat
ENGLISH : Yellow-striped green-culmed square bamboo.
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Makino 'Square Gimmei' , Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. gimmei Kasahara & H. Okamura
JAPANESE : 
Ginmei shihou chiku,
Ginmei shihou
chiku, Ginmei
shikaku dake, Ginmei shikaku dake.
SYNONYM(S) : Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai 'Nagamineus', Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai 'Joseph de Jussieu', Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. nagamineus Muroi & H. Hamada
JAPANESE : Kinmei shihou chiku, Kinmei shihou chiku, Kinmei
shikaku dake, Kinmei shikaku dake.
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Makino ' Napoleon Bonaparte', Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Fenzi) Makino f. sotaroana (Muroi) Wen, Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai 'Sotaroana', Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. sotaroanus (Muroi) Muroi, Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai var. sotaroanus Muroi,
JAPANESE : 
Gomafu shihou chiku,
Gomafu shikaku
dake.
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis (Fenzi)
Makino 'Square
Gimmei' -> Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis (Fenzi) Makino
'Ginmei Houchiku'
SYNONYM(S) : Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai 'Tatejima', Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Fenzi) Nakai f. tatejima Kasahara & H. Okamura
JAPANESE : 
Suhou shihou chiku, 
Suhou shihou
chiku, Suhou shikaku dake, Suhou shikaku
dake , (Suou & Suow are incorrect romanisations), 
Tatejima houchiku, 
Tatejima
houchiku (tateshima hôchiku - incorrect romanisation).
SYNONYM(S) : Arundinaria szechuanensis Rendle (Wang) , Chimonobambusa szechuanensis (Rendle) Keng f. (Wang) , Oreocalamus szechuanensis (Rendle) Keng (OHRN)
CHINESE : 
Ba
yue zhu, 
Chuan fang zhu, Si chuan fang zhu,
Wa shan fang zhu.
ENGLISH : Sichuan square bamboo (China), Mt Washan square bamboo (China), Giant panda fodder bamboo.
JAPANESE : 
Shisenhou chiku,
Shisenhou chiku.
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa tumidinoda Z. Y. Wu, Chimonobambusa tumidinoda Wen, Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda Hsüeh & Yi (Wang)
CHINESE : Qiong zhu. (See my special
notes on
rare Chinese characters)
ENGLISH : Qiong bamboo, Swollen nodes cane, Tumid node bamboo.
GERMAN : Pagodenbambus, Trompetenbambus.
JAPANESE : 
Rakan chiku, 
Rakan chiku.
SYNONYM(S) : Chimonobambusa utilis (Keng) Keng f. (Wang), Oreocalamus utilis Keng (Wang)
CHINESE : 
Jin fo shan fang zhu.
ENGLISH : Chinfu Mountain square bamboo.
FRENCH : Bambou carré à rejets comestibles.
JAPANESE : 
Kinbutsu sanhou chiku, 
Kinbutsu sanhou chiku.
RUSSIAN : 
.
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Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : Huyen Phan, Jim Breen, Shoko Hagino.
This genus provides ample ammunition for controversial cultivar naming. A number of names based on romanised Japanese are not based on correct romanisation ie. common romanised Japanese names should match the 'Cultivar name' in order to avoid confusion. Examples are :
On the other side of the world Europeans have renamed Japanese cultivars with names bearing no relation whatsoever to the plant or its movements around the world. In my view those should be avoided because they add to the general confusion and unecessarily glog the lists of synonyms. Examples of those which a priory look like "flag flying" exercises more than anything else : 'Napoleon Bonaparte' for 'Sotaroana', 'Joseph de Jussieu' for 'Nagamine' / 'Nagaminea' / 'Nagamineus'. Another called 'Cyrano de Bergerac' would almost be fair enough given that most other Japanese-based names for striata type have been used within the genus but what's wrong with 'Striata' or 'Striatus'
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