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Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

Shoot sheath. Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 21/11/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Shoot tip. Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 21/11/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Stem cross-section roughly quadrangular. Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/12/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Buds and rootlets at node. Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/12/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Adventitious rootlets at stem node. Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/12/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Node on a leafy branch. Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 01/12/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

square-stemmed bamboo

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Grasses

Similar taxa

Culm 3-6 m, dark green; nodes swollen and prominent; internodes obtusely quadrangular in cross section; lower internodes less obviously so.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Chimonobambusa

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Franceschi)

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1993

Origin

China

Other information

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