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Gaoligongshania
Gelidocalamus
Gigantochloa
Guadua
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Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
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| GAOLIGONGSHANIA | A genus with one species. From Yunnan, China. | |||||||||
| G. megalothyrsa |
6 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | From Yunnan, China, near the Burmese border, at 1300-2600 meters altitude. Small, bushy and slow. | C6 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | -18 | ||||||||
| feet meters |
max diam inch cm |
min temp °F °C |
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Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
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| GIGANTOCHLOA | Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. G. atroviolacea, G. atter, G. robusta, and G. pseudoarundinacea were formerly all considered to be forms of G. verticillata. Rarely flower or come true from seed, and may be "natural hybrids." | |||||||||
| G. albociliata |
30 | 2 | 30 | 4 | Tight clump. It has long (up to an inch) culm leaf ligules, narrow leaves. Light gray-green culms, white stripes. | C6 D0 G6 K5 M5 N0 | ||||
| 9 | 5.1 | -1 | ||||||||
| G. apus BAMBU TALI |
65 | 4 | 27 | 5 | Common in Java, not found anywhere in the wild. Used for many purposes. It has large leaves, up to 15 inches long and 21/2 inches wide. Young culms are hairy. | B2 C6 D0 D1 D4 G6 K2 K4 K5 M3 N0 | ||||
| 20 | 10.2 | -3 | ||||||||
| G. atroviolacea TROPICAL BLACK |
50 | 3.5 | 25 | 5 | From Java and Sumatra. Brown to black culms striped faint green. Dark green leaves. Sheath blades reflexed. | A1 B2 B7 B9 C3 C6 C9 D0 D1 D3 D4 D5 E1 E5 F1 G6 I4 K1 K2 K4 K5 K6 K9 M3 M5 N0 | ||||
| 15 | 8.9 | -4 | ||||||||
| G. atter |
50 | 4 | 28 | 5 | From Java. Sweet shoots, strong straight culms. Sheath covered with black hairs. Used for furniture. | B2 B7 B9 D0 D4 D5 G6 K2 K4 K5 K7 M5 N0 | ||||
| 15 | 10.2 | -2 | ||||||||
| G. hasskarliana |
30 | 2.5 | 28 | 5 | Native to west Java; dense clumps planted as hedges and used to weave baskets. | D0 I4 K5 | ||||
| 9 | 6.4 | -2 | ||||||||
| G. maxima |
45 | 4 | 28 | 5 | Variegated culms with cream-colored stripes. The exact ID of plants that have been sold in the past under this name is not clear; also see G. pseudoarundinacea. | B7 C6 D0 D1 E5 G6 I4 K2 K4 K5 K7 M5 N0 | ||||
| 14 | 10.2 | -2 | ||||||||
| G. pseudoarundinacea |
100 | 5 | 28 | 5 | Formerly included in G. verticillata complex. The culms when young are light green, with thin yellow stripes. | B2 C6 C9 D0 D1 D4 D5 E5 F9 G6 I4 I9 K2 K4 K5 K7 M3 M5 | ||||
| 30 | 12.7 | -2 | ||||||||
| G. ridleyi |
50 | 2 | 32 | 5 | A very useful straight culmed, large-leafed, handsome bamboo. Tight habit with persistent culm sheaths. | A1 C6 D0 K1 K2 K5 M5 | ||||
| 15 | 5.1 | 0 | ||||||||
| G. robusta |
60 | 3.5 | 28 | 5 | Large, erect, strong. Java, Sumatra. Used for pipes, construction, handicrafts, shoots. Yellow stripes near base. | D0 D4 K5 | ||||
| 18 | 8.9 | -2 | ||||||||
| G. sp. 'Sumatra 3751' |
60 | 28 | 5 | Purple stripes on green canes. May be Gigantochloa kuring, buluh kuring hitam and may be bigger. | C6 D0 D1 D4 E5 G6 K2 K4 K5 M5 N0 | |||||
| 18 | -2 | |||||||||
| G. sp. 'Widjaja 3827' |
Large, erect culms, with cream-colored stripes. Strong. | D0 D4 I4 K4 K5 | ||||||||
| G. wrayii |
30 | 3 | 30 | 5 | Long internodes; used for basket making in Malaysia. Culms erect, slightly arching outwards. | A1 B2 C6 D0 D4 K4 K5 M5 | ||||
| 9 | 7.6 | -1 | ||||||||
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Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
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| GUADUA | A genus of giant, thorny, tropical clumping bamboos native to the New World. Clumps very open. Some older references include them in Bambusa. | |||||||||
| G. amplexifolia |
50 | 4 | 28 | 5 | Short internodes, nearly solid in the lower part of the arching culms. Useful, but not as strong as G. angustifolia. | A1 B2 D1 E5 G6 K1 K2 K5 M3 M5 N0 | ||||
| 15 | 10.2 | -2 | ||||||||
| G. angustifolia |
100 | 9 | 30 | 5 | The largest of the American bamboos, native Venezuela to Peru, used for house construction and furniture. Thorny. Open clumps. | A1 B2 B3 D0 E5 G6 I3 K1 K2 K5 K6 K9 M5 M9 N0 | ||||
| 30 | 22.9 | -1 | ||||||||
| G. angustifolia 'Bicolor' |
100 | 8 | 30 | 5 | Culms have vertical yellow and green stripes. Also known as 'Striata'. | B2 B7 D0 D1 G6 I3 K2 K4 K5 M3 M5 N0 | ||||
| 30 | 20.3 | -1 | ||||||||
| G. angustifolia 'Less Thorny' |
100 | 8 | 30 | 5 | A clone with significantly fewer and smaller thorns. | A1 B2 D0 D1 G6 K1 K2 K4 M5 N0 | ||||
| 30 | 20.3 | -1 | ||||||||
| G. chacoensis |
65 | 6 | 30 | 5 | A large woody thorny green bamboo, with erect culms, from Bolivia to Uraguay. May grow taller than listed. | B2 C6 D0 E5 I3 K2 K5 M3 M5 | ||||
| 20 | 15.2 | -1 | ||||||||
| G. longifolia |
30 | 2 | 30 | 5 | Leaves long and narrow like Otatea, rhizomes with very long necks. Covers river banks in Mexico. | M3 | ||||
| 9 | 5.1 | -1 | ||||||||
| G. paniculata |
30 | 2.5 | 30 | 5 | A small Guadua looking similar to Otatea from a distance, found in many tropical locations in the Americas. Thorny with long rhizomes. | M3 | ||||
| 9 | 6.4 | -1 | ||||||||
| G. velutina |
50 | 4 | 28 | 5 | Culms thick walled but not solid. Erect. New shoots have beautiful maroon culm sheaths, which cling tightly to the lower internodes. | D1 K5 | ||||
| 15 | 10.2 | -2 | ||||||||
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