Plants Profile for Bambusa multiplex (hedge bamboo)

General Information
Symbol:	BAMU2
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid Shrub Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 I PR I
Other Common Names:	Chinese dwarf bamboo Chinese-goddess bamboo golden goddess bamboo Oriental hedge bamboo
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Royal Botanic Gardens. March 13, 2002. Usage Requirements.

©Robert Soreng. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, FL, Gotha. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
BAGL3	Bambusa glaucescens (Willd.) Siebold ex Munro	golden goddess bamboo
BANA3	Bambusa nana Roxb.
LUGL6	Ludolfia glaucescens Willd.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Bambusa Schreb. – bamboo
Species	Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult. & Schult. f. – hedge bamboo

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

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