Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Monocots
• Clade: Commelinids
• Order: Poales
• Family: Poaceae
• Subfamily: Bambusoideae
• Tribe: Arundinarieae
• Subtribe: Arundinariinae
• Genus: Phyllostachys
• Species: Phyllostachys aurea

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The compressed internodes in the lower section of the culms and the older culms turning golden yellow allow for the identification of P. aurea.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 269). Biotope.