Schizostachyum Species List

45 Species

Bamboo species of the genus Schizostachyum are tall or shrub-like tropical clumping, and sometimes climbing bamboos. They grow native in the tropical and subtropical regions from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands with South-East Asia as the centre of distribution. The northernmost species is reported from Jiangxi in South China.

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Schizostachyum bamboo usually occurrs spontaneous at low and medium elevations up to about 1,000 m (a few species up to about 2,000 m), in forests, clearings, and also in the open field, preferring humid conditions.

The name Schizostachyum comes from Greek schistos ("cleft") and stachys ("spike"), referring to the spacing of spikelets.

Some species have been introduced into cultivation as ornamental and useful plants.

The list below shows all the known Schizostachyum species:

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Species Name	Diameter	Height
Schizostachyum aciculare
Schizostachyum alopecurus
Schizostachyum arunachalensis
Schizostachyum blumei	10-25 mm	6-10 m
Schizostachyum bosseri
Schizostachyum brachycladum	60-80 mm	10-15 m
Schizostachyum brachycladum var. auriculatum	65-75 mm	16 m
Schizostachyum brachycladum 'Bali Kuning'	65-75 mm	16 m
Schizostachyum brachythyrsus
Schizostachyum caudatum	15-40 mm	6-8 m
Schizostachyum chinense	20-30 mm	8 m
Schizostachyum copelandii		3 m
Schizostachyum curranii
Schizostachyum diffusum
Schizostachyum dumetorum	10-15 mm	4-5
Schizostachyum dumetorum var. Xinwuense	10 mm	8
Schizostachyum fenixii
Schizostachyum funghomii	40-60 mm	15 m
Schizostachyum glaucifolium		2.5-3 m
Schizostachyum gracile	15-20 mm	3-4 m
Schizostachyum gracile var. erectum
Schizostachyum grande	120 mm	20 m
Schizostachyum hainanense	50 mm	5-17 m
Schizostachyum hantu	150-200 mm	1.5-2.5 m
Schizostachyum insulare	75 mm	6-13 m
Schizostachyum iraten	20-50 mm	6-10 m
$chizostachyum irratun
Schizostachyum jaculans	35 mm	6-7 m
Schizostachyum latJfolium
Schizostachyum lima	40 mm	9 m
Schizostachyum lumampao
Schizostachyum luzonicum	10 mm	1-2 m
Schizostachyum mannii
Schizostachyum parvifolium	10 mm	2-3 m
Schizostachyum perrieri	70-100 mm	2-8 m
Schizostachyum pilosum	50 mm	15 m
Schizostachyum pleianthemum	30 mm
Schizostachyum pseudolima	40 mm	10 m
Schizostachyum rogersii	20 mm	10 m
Schizostachyum sanguineum	20-30 mm	5-7 m
Schizostachyum seshagirianum
Schizostachyum terminale	10-15 mm
Schizostachyum tessellatum		2 m
Schizostachyum textorium
Schizostachyum toppingii
Schizostachyum undulatum	30 mm
Schizostachyum warburgii
Schizostachyum whitei
Schizostachyum zollingeri	100 mm	15 m