Fargesia robusta 'Pingwu' (Bamboo)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Bamboo

Description

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Physical Description

Flowers: Flower Color: green

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 15-20' tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina () - (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae () - Auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Commelinidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Juncanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Poales () - Small, 1903
        Family: Gramineae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
        Subfamily: Bambusoideae ()
        Tribe: Bambuseae ()
        Subtribe: Arundinariinae ()
        Genus: Fargesia () - Linnaeus, 1753
        Specific epithet: robusta
        Cultivar: Pingwu
        Botanical name: - Fargesia robusta 'Pingwu'

Notes

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

'Green Screen' is the trademarked name of this cultivar, selected originally by Jan Oprins of Bamboo Select.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Fargesia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

F. angustissima (Oily Bamboo) · F. cuspidata (Kwangsi Umbrella Bamboo) · F. denudata (Giant Panda Fodder Bamboo) · F. dracocephala (Dragons Head Bamboo) · F. ferax (Prolific Chinacane) · F. fractiflexa (Broom Bamboo) · F. murielae (Umbrella Bamboo) · F. murielae 'Jonnys Gigant' (Umbrella Bamboo 'jonnys Gigant') · F. murielae 'Osako' (Umbrella Bamboo 'osako') · F. nitida (Blue Fountain Bamboo) · F. pauciflora (Giant Panda Fodder Bamboo) · F. robusta (Bamboo) · F. robusta 'Pingwu' (Bamboo) · F. rufa (Hardy Bamboo) · F. rufa 'Green Panda' (Hardy Bamboo) · F. scabrida (Coarse-Flowered Hollow Bamboo) · F. spathacea (Common Umbrella Bamboo)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Identifiers

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1881072