Sasa palmata(Burb.) E.G.Camus

broadleaf bamboo

WFO wfo-0000897361 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sasa palmata, photographed by John Brew
fig. a John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-07 / obs. 195799966
Sasa palmata, photographed by Anthony O'Leary
fig. b Anthony O'Leary, CC0 1.0 / obs. 178723608
Sasa palmata, photographed by Ben Thomas
fig. c Ben Thomas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175620052
Sasa palmata, photographed by William Stephens
fig. d William Stephens, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85070976
Sasa palmata, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. e Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57092357
Sasa palmata, photographed by Ryan McMinds
fig. f Ryan McMinds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25942921
Sasa palmata, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. g Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 20768620
Sasa palmata, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. h Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179187214

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Sasa palmata is native: Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Sakhalin JapanSakhalin Korea
Native distribution of Sasa palmata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Japan JAP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Korea KOR
Kuril Is. KUR
Sakhalin SAK

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 79 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arundinaria palmata (Burb.) Bean
  • Arundinaria palmata f. nebulosa Makino
  • Arundinaria paniculata f. chimakisasa Nakai
  • Arundinaria paniculata f. nebulosa Makino
  • Bambusa ontakensis (Franch. & Sav.) Makino
  • Bambusa palmata Burb.
  • Bambusa palmata hort.
  • Bambusa palmata f. nebulosa (Makino) Makino
  • Bambusa paniculata f. nebulosa J.Houz.
  • Bambusa senanensis var. ontakensis Franch. & Sav.
  • Pseudosasa kurilensis var. nebulosa (Makino) Makino
  • Sasa amplissima Koidz.
  • Sasa austrokurilensis Koidz.
  • Sasa basihirsuta Koidz.
  • Sasa brachyphylla Nakai
  • Sasa cernua f. nebulosa (Makino) Tatew.
  • Sasa cernua var. nebulosa (Makino) Koidz.
  • Sasa chimakisasa Koidz.
  • Sasa chimakisasa var. yosaensis Koidz.
  • Sasa chokaiensis Makino ex Koidz.
  • Sasa consentanea Koidz.
  • Sasa dewaensis Koidz.
  • Sasa effusa Koidz.
  • Sasa epitrichoides Koidz.

and 55 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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