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Pleioblastus fortunei (V.Houtte) Nakai

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pleioblastus

Characteristics

Culms 10–30(–80) cm, 1–2 mm in diam.; internodes short, glabrous; nodal ridge flat or weakly prominent. Branches absent or 1 per node. Culm sheaths persistent, glabrous. Leaves 4–7 per culm or branch; sheath glabrous; auricles absent; oralsetae white, smooth; blade longitudinally white to pale yellow striped, lanceolate, 6–15 × 0.8–1.4 cm, white pubescent, more densely so abaxially, base broadly cuneate, apex acuminate.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Carpets the floors of forests. Forming dense thickets in its native range, it is often dominant as woodland understorey or in abandoned fields.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -25
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Images

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Distribution

Pleioblastus fortunei world distribution map, present in Brazil, China, Japan, and New Zealand

Conservation status

Pleioblastus fortunei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:416271-1
WFO ID wfo-0000891020
COL ID 6W2LT
BDTFX ID 119558
INPN ID 717430
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Pleioblastus variegatus f. tsuboii Pleioblastus variegatus f. glabra Arundarbor pygmaea Arundinaria fortunei Arundinaria variabilis Arundinaria variegata Bambusa pygmaea Nipponocalamus pygmaeus Nipponocalamus ramosissimus Nipponocalamus tosaensis Nipponocalamus tsukubensis Nipponocalamus uyenoensis Pleioblastus fortunei Pleioblastus pygmaeus Pleioblastus shibuyanus Pleioblastus tectus Pleioblastus uyenoensis Pleioblastus variegatus Pleioblastus yasuianus Pseudosasa variegata Sasa fortunei Sasa pygmaea Sasa variegata Arundarbor fortunei Arundinaria uyenoensis Nipponocalamus dimorphophyllus Nipponocalamus fortunei Nipponocalamus shibuyanus Nipponocalamus yasuianus Nipponocalamus yoshidake Pleioblastus tosaensis Pleioblastus tsukubensis Arundinaria oroshimozasa Arundinaria pygmaea Arundinaria shibuyana Arundinaria variegata f. glabra Arundinaria variegata f. pubescens Arundinaria variegata f. tsuboii Bambusa maximowiczii Bambusa picta Bambusa variegata Pleioblastus argenteo-striatus f. glaber Pleioblastus x ystrophyllus Pleioblastus chino f. tsukubensis Pleioblastus distichus f. tsuboi Pleioblastus fortunei f. albostriatus Pleioblastus dimorphophyllus Pleioblastus pygmaeus f. ramosissimus Pleioblastus shibuyanus f. nebulosus Pleioblastus shibuyanus f. pubescens Pleioblastus shibuyanus f. tsuboii Pleioblastus variegatus f. glaber Pleioblastus yoshidake Arundinaria variabilis f. glabra Arundinaria pygmaea Bambusa fortunei Arundinaria fortunei var. variegata Arundinaria pygmaea var. glabra Arundinaria variabilis var. fortunei Arundinaria variabilis var. pygmaea Arundinaria variabilis var. variegata Arundinaria variegata var. oroshima Arundinaria variegata var. tsumorii Bambusa fortunei var. aureostriata Bambusa fortunei var. variegata Pleioblastus kongosanensis var. xystrophyllus Pleioblastus shibuyanus var. basihirsutus Pleioblastus variegatus var. pygmaeus Pleioblastus variegatus var. tsumorii Pleioblastus yoshidake var. tsuboii Arundinaria fortunei f. glabra Pleioblastus fortunei f. pubescens Pleioblastus variegatus f. pubescens Sasa variegata f. glabra Sasa variegata f. pubescens Arundinaria variegata var. pygmaea Sasa variegata var. pygmaea Pleioblastus variegatus var. pygmaea Pleioblastus pubescens Pleioblastus ramosissimus
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