Fargesia Species List

83 Species

Bamboo species of the genus Fargesia are medium to small mountain clumping bamboos, found in the alpine conifer forests of East Asia (China, Vietnam, and Burma). In China they are known as 'jian zhu' (arrow bamboo).

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Fargesias are some of the world's most hardy bamboos and are also becoming well-known for their thick clumping habits. Common bamboos in the genus Fargesia are also essential foods for the pandas.

The scientific name Fargesia was dedicated to the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges, 1814-1912, who worked as a Christian missionary and plant collector in China.

There are currently about 90 recognized Fargesia species, but morphological and genetic analysis has led to many being transferred to the genera Thamnocalamus, Yushania and Borinda, while others are still of uncertain placement.

The list below shows all the known Fargesia species:

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Species Name	Diameter	Height
Fargesia acuticontracta	10-50 mm	3-7 m
Fargesia adpressa	20-30 mm	4-6 m
Fargesia albocerea	8-20 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia altior	13-35 mm	4-10 m
Fargesia ampullaris	7-15 mm	2-5.5 m
Fargesia angustissima	10-20 mm	4-7 m
Fargesia aurita	5-15 mm	1.5-3 m
Fargesia brevipes
Fargesia brevissima	10-30 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia caduca	10-15 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia canaliculata	10-20 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia circinata	15 mm	3 m
Fargesia communis	10-30 mm	4-8 m
Fargesia concinna	20-50 mm	6-10 m
Fargesia conferta	10-20 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia contracta	10-25 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia contracta f. evacuata
Fargesia cuspidata	20 mm	5 m
Fargesia declivis	5-8 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia decurvata	8-15 mm	3.5 m
Fargesia demissa	3-5 mm	1-1.5 m
Fargesia denudata	6-13 mm	3-5 m
Fargesla dracocephala	3-20 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia dulcicula	10-18 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia dura	10-20 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia edulis	20-40 mm	5-8 m
Fargesia elegans	5-10 mm	2-3.5 m
Fargesia emaculata	8-12 mm	2.5-3.5 m
Fargesia exposita	8-6 mm	3-4.5 m
Fargesia fansipanensis	7-10 mm	1 m
Fargesia ferax	36 mm	5 m
Fargesia fractiflexa	6-12 mm	2-3 m
Fargesia frigida	10-17 mm	1.5-3.5 m
Fargesia fungosa	15-25 mm	4-6 m
Fargesia funiushanensis	5-8 mm	1.2-2 m
Fargesia gongshanensis	10-20 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia hackelii
Fargesia hainanensis	20-35 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia hsuehiana	10-30 mm	3-7 m
Fargesia hygrophila	10-20 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia jiulongensis	10-20 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia lincangensis	20-40 mm	4-8 m
Fargesia Iongiuscula	16-24 mm	4.5-6 m
Fargesia lushuiensis	8-10 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia mairei
Fargesia mali	12-25 mm	3-6 m
Fargesia maluo	10-20 mm	3-4.5 m
Fargesia melanostachys	5 mm	2 m
Fargesia membranacea	5-10 mm	1.4-2 m
Fargesia murieliae	7-13 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia murieliae 'Harewood'
Fargesia murieliae 'Humboldt'
Fargesia murieliae 'Jumbo'		3.5-5 m
Fargesia murieliae 'Leda'	7 mm	3 m
Fargesia murieliae 'Sabe'
Fargesia murieliae 'Simba'
Fargesia muriellae 'Zampa'
Fargesia nitida	10-20 mm	2-4 m
Fargesia nitida 'Anceps'	13 mm	2-3.6 m
Fargesia nitida 'Chennevières'	31 mm	3 m
Fargesia nitida 'De Belder'
Fargesia nitida 'Eisenach'
Fargesia nitida 'Ems River'	13 mm	3.6 m
Fargesia nitida 'McClure'	13 mm	3.6 m
Fargesia nitida 'Nymphenburg'	13 mm	3.6 m
Fargesia nitida 'Zwijnenburg'
Fargesia obliqua	5-12 mm	2-4 m
Fargesia orbiculata	10-25 mm	4-6 m
Fargesia papyrifera	20-60 mm	6-8 m
Fargesia parvifolla	15-20 mm	4-5.5 m
Fargesia pauciflora	10-30 mm	4-6 m
Fargesia perlonga	15-22 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia pleniculmis		4 m
Fargesia plurisetosa	10 mm	2 m
Fargesia porphyrea	10-25 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia praecipua	20-50 mm	4-8 m
Fargesia qinlingensis	4-9 mm	1-3.3 m
Fargesia robusta	10-30 mm	2-5 m
Fargesia rufa	4-15 mm	2.5-3.5 m
Fargesia sagittatinea	30-60 mm	7-9 m
Fargesia scabrida	5-10 mm	1.8-3.5 m
Fargesia semicoriacea	5-12 mm	1-3.5 m
Fargesia semiorbiculata	6-13 mm	4.2 m
Fargesia similaris	8-12 mm
Fargesia solida	10-15 mm	3-5 m
Fargesia sparsiflora
Fargesia spathacea
Fargesia stenoclada	10-17 mm	2.5-5.5 m
Fargesia strigosa	10-25 mm	2.5-6 m
Fargesia subflexuosa	15-30 mm	3-6 m
Fargesla sylvestris	6-10 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia tenuilignea	10-30 mm	4-7 m
Fargesia ungulata	5-8 mm	1.5 m
Fargesia utilis	15-25 mm	3-4 m
Fargesia vicina
Fargesia wuliangshanensis	15-25 mm	3-7 m
Fargesia yuanjiangensis	8-13 mm	2 m
Fargesia yulongshanensis	10-25 mm	5-7 m
Fargesia yunnanensis	30-50 mm	4-7 m
Fargesia zayuensis	15 mm	6 m

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Recently Corrected Names:

Bamboo species tables are monitored and improved each year by a wide group of experts. Below you’ll find the latest updates for the genus Fargesia.

The complete list can be found here: Recently Corrected Bamboo Names.

Old Name	New Name
Fargesia angustissima	Borinda angustissima
Fargesia crassinodus	Thamnocalamus crassinodus
Fargesia dracocephala (hort.)	Fargesia apicirubens
Fargesia dracocephala 'White Drago' (hort.)	Fargesia apicirubens 'White Dragon'
Fargesia frigida	Borinda frigidorum
Fargesia fungosa	Borinda fungosa
Fargesia sp. 'A-4'	Fargesia adpressa
Fargesia sp. 'Rufa'	Fargesia dracocephala 'Rufa'
Sinarundinaria	Fargesia
Thamnocalamus spathaceus (hort.)	Fargesia murieliae