''Pleioblastus'' is an

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genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

monopodial Vascular plants with monopodial growth habits grow upward from a single point. They add leaves to the apex each year and the stem grows longer accordingly. The word ''Monopodial'' is derived from Greek language, Greek '', ''one'' and '', "foot", in ...

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...

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grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

Poaceae. They are

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

and

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, and naturalized in scattered places in

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, and the

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. The plant spreads by vigorous underground

rhizomes In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

which run along just beneath the soil surface, producing plantlets at the nodes. These can be used to

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new plants, but if not removed they can become invasive. The species '' Pleioblastus variegatus'' (green and cream stripes), and ''P. viridistriatus'' (green and yellow stripes) have gained the

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Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. It includes the full range of cultivated p ...

. Genetic research suggests that this genus may properly be part of the genus ''

Arundinaria ''Arundinaria'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family, the members of which are referred to generally as cane. ''Arundinaria'' is the only bamboo native to North America, with a native range from Maryland south to Florida and west to the south ...

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Ampelocalamus ''Ampelocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. It is found mostly in Southern China, with some species in the eastern Himalayas and northern Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indo ...

Chimonocalamus

Drepanostachyum ''Drepanostachyum'' is an Asian genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the grass family. They are native to China, Indochina, and the Indian Subcontinent. Taxonomy The differences between this genus and '' Himalayacalamus'' are subtl ...

Oligostachyum

Pseudosasa ''Pseudosasa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family. These species are small to medium running plants, usually with one branch at a node. Its name comes from its resemblance to the genus ''Sasa (plant), Sasa''. The specie ...

Sasaella

Sinobambusa ''Sinobambusa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is native to China and ...

Yushania ''Yushania'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family. Recent classification systems place ''Yushania'' in the tribe Arundinarieae. The species of ''Yushania'' are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chines ...

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Bambusoideae Flora of China Flora of Japan Bambusoideae genera Taxa named by Takenoshin Nakai {{Bamboo-stub