Fargesia

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Genus of grasses

title: "Fargesia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fargesia", "bambusoideae-genera", "taxa-described-in-1893", "taxa-named-by-adrien-rené-franchet"] description: "Genus of grasses" topic_path: "general/fargesia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargesia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of grasses ::

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  • Sinarundinaria Nakai |synonyms_ref =

Fargesia is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names including umbrella bamboo and fountain bamboo.

They are medium to small mountain clumping bamboos, native to alpine conifer forests of East Asia, from China south to Vietnam and west to the eastern slopes of the Himalayas. They are known in Chinese as jian zhu (), meaning "arrow bamboo".

The scientific name was given in honour of the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912).

Fargesias are some of the world's hardiest bamboos, but they do not spread vigorously. Common bamboos in the genus Fargesia are essential foods for giant pandas, and large-scale flowering of its species has had a devastating effect on panda populations. Giant panda habitat will therefore need at least two species of Fargesia, to ensure food supply during flowering events.

Because fargesias are becoming more well known for their thick clumping habits, they have become cheaper and available at many nurseries.

Taxonomy

The genus currently includes 49 accepted species. Many species previously included here were transferred to the genera Borinda, Thamnocalamus, and Yushania based on morphological and genetic analyses. | last =Li | first =De-Zhu; Guo, Zhenhua; Stapleton, Chris | contribution =Fargesia rufa | year =2007 | title =Flora of China | editor-last =Wu | editor-first =Z. Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y. | volume =22 | pages =74 | place=Beijing | publisher =Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press | contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112649 | accessdate =2007-07-16}} , Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:

References

References

  1. Franchet, Adrien René. 1893. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 1067
  2. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112649 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 74 箭竹属 jian zhu shu ''Fargesia'' Franchet, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris. 2: 1067. 1893. ]
  3. Darke, R. 1999. Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Cat-tails, and Selected Bamboos 1–325. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon USA
  4. Yi, Tong Pei. 1988. Journal of Bamboo Research 7(2)
  5. "Flowering bamboo danger to panda population".
  6. (2019-06-01). "The next widespread bamboo flowering poses a massive risk to the giant panda". Biological Conservation.
  7. "''Fargesia'' Franch.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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