Bambusa

Accepted species 157 Documented here 6 Family Poaceae

Accepted species 157 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl. 116 documented
Bambusa spinosa Roxb. 62 documented
Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f. 23 documented
Bambusa oldhamii Munro 20 documented
Bambusa pachinensis Hayata 11 documented
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss 8 documented
Bambusa affinis Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa albolineata L.C.Chia 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa alemtemshii H.B.Naithani 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa amplexicaulis W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa angustiaurita W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa angustissima L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa arnhemica F.Muell. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa assamica Barooah & Borthakur 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa aurinuda McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa australis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa balcooa Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa barpatharica Borthakur & Barooah 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa basihirsuta McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa basihirsutoides N.H.Xia 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa basisolida W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa beecheyana Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa bicicatricata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa binghamii Gamble 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa boniopsis McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa brevispicula Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa brunneoaciculia G.A.Fu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa burmanica Gamble 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa cacharensis R.B.Majumdar 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa cerosissima McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa chungii McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa chunii L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa clavata Stapleton 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa comillensis Alam 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa concava W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa contracta L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa copelandii Gamble 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa corniculata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa cornigera McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa crispiaurita W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa dahuazhu T.P.Yi & B.X.Li 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa dampaeana H.B.Naithani, Garbyal & N.S.Bisht 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa daporijoeana H.B.Naithani & Kandwal 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa deformis T.P.Yi & Lin Yang 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa diaoluoshanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa dissimulator McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa distegia (Keng & Keng f.) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa dolichoclada Hayata 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa duriuscula W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa emeiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa eutuldoides McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa excurrensa G.A.Fu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa farinacea K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa fimbriligulata McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa flexuosa Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa fruticosa Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa funghomii McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa garuchokua Barooah & Borthakur 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa gibba McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa gibboides W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa glabro-vagina G.A.Fu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa glaucophylla Widjaja 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa grandis (Q.H.Dai & X.L.Tao) Ohrnb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa griffithiana Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa guangxiensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa gurgandii K.M.Wong & Diep 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa hainanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa heterostachya (Munro) Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa hirticaulis R.S.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa indigena L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa insularis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa intermedia Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa jacobsii Widjaja 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa jaintiana R.B.Majumdar 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa khasiana Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa kingiana Gamble 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa kyathaungtu E.G.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa lako Widjaja 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa lapidea McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa latideltata W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa laxa K.M.Wong 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa lenta L.C.Chia 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa longipalea W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa longispiculata Gamble 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa macrolemma Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa macrotis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa maculata Widjaja 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa majumdarii P.Kumari & P.Singh 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa malingensis McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa manipureana H.B.Naithani & N.S.Bisht 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa marginata Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa merrillii Gamble 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa mizorameana H.B.Naithani 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa mohanramii P.Kumari & P.Singh 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa mollis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa mompana H.B.Naithani 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa mutabilis McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa nagalandiana H.B.Naithani 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa nairiana P.Kumari & P.Singh 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa nepalensis Stapleton 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa nghiana V.T.Tran 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa nutans Wall. ex Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa odashimae Hatus. ex Ohrnb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa oliveriana Gamble 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa ooh Widjaja & Astuti 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa pallida Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa papillata (Q.H.Dai) K.M.Lan 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa papillatoides Q.H.Dai & D.Y.Huang 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa pervariabilis McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa pierreana E.G.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa piscaporum McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa polymorpha Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa procera A.Chev. & A.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa prominens H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa purpurovagian G.A.Fu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa ramispinosa L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa rangaensis Borthakur & Barooah 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa rectocuneata (W.T.Lin) N.H.Xia, R.S.Lin & R.H.Wang 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa remotiflora (Kuntze) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa riauensis Widjaja 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa rigida Keng & Keng f. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa riparia Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa rongchengensis (T.P.Yi & C.Y.Sia) D.Z.Li 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa rugata (W.T.Lin) Ohrnb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa rutila McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa salarkhanii Alam 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa semitecta W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa sesquiflora (McClure) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa sinospinosa McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa solida Munro ex Becc. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa solomonensis Holttum 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa spinosa Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa stenoaurita (W.T.Lin) T.H.Wen 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa striatomaculata G.A.Fu 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa subaequalis H.L.Fung & C.Y.Sia 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa subtruncata L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa surrecta (Q.H.Dai) Q.H.Dai 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa tabacaria (Lour.) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa tabacaria Poir. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa teres Buch.-Ham. ex Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa textilis McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa transvenula (W.T.Lin & Zhi J.Feng) N.H.Xia 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa truncata B.M.Yang 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa tsangii McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa tulda Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa tuldoides Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa utilis W.C.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa valida (Q.H.Dai) W.T.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa variostriata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa ventricosa McClure 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa villosula Kurz 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa vinhphuensis T.Q.Nguyen 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa viridis Widjaja 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa wenchouensis (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng, Y.M.Lin 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa xiashanensis L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa xueana Ohrnb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bambusa xueliniana R.S.Lin & C.H.Zheng 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.