Fargesia

Bamboo Genera

25 Jan

86 Species

Bamboo species of the genus Fargesia are medium to small mountain clumping bamboos native to China, East Himalaya, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Tibet and Vietnam. They are mostly found in the alpine conifer forests. In China they are known as 'jian zhu' (arrow bamboo).

Fargesias are some of the world's most hardy bamboos and are also becoming well-known for their thick clumping habits. Some bamboos in this genus are also essential food for 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 86 recognized Fargesia species, morphological and genetic analysis has led to many being transferred to the genera Thamnocalamus and Yushania, while others are still uncertain.

Fargesia Species List

Species	Origin	Diameter	Height
Fargesia acuticontracta	China South-Central	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 7 m
Fargesia adpressa	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 6 m
Fargesia alatovaginata	China South-Central
Fargesia albocerea	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia altior	China South-Central	∅ 35 mm	⇑ 10 m
Fargesia angustissima	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 7 m
Fargesia apicirubens	China North-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia brevipes	China South-Central
Fargesia brevissima	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia caduca	China South-Central	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia canaliculata	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia circinata	China South-Central	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia communis	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 8 m
Fargesia concinna	China South-Central	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 10 m
Fargesia conferta	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia contracta	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia cuspidata	China Southeast	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia daminiu	Tibet	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 2 m
Fargesia declivis	China South-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia decurvata	China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 3,5 m
Fargesia denudata	China North-Central, China South-Central	∅ 13 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia dracocephala	China North-Central, China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia dulcicula	China South-Central	∅ 18 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia dura	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia edulis	China South-Central	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 8 m
Fargesia elegans	China South-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3,5 m
Fargesia exposita	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia extensa	Tibet	∅ 28 mm	⇑ 6,5 m
Fargesia fansipanensis	Vietnam	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 1 m
Fargesia farcta	Tibet	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 3,5 m
Fargesia ferax	China South-Central	∅ 36 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia frigidis	China South-Central	∅ 17 mm	⇑ 3,5 m
Fargesia fungosa	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 6 m
Fargesia funiushanensis	China Southeast	∅ 12 mm	⇑ 2,5 m
Fargesia glabrifolia	Tibet	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 6 m
Fargesia gongshanensis	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia grossa	East Himalaya, Tibet	∅ 45 mm	⇑ 10 m
Fargesia hackelii	China South-Central
Fargesia hainanensis	Hainan	∅ 35 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia hsuehiana	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 7 m
Fargesia hygrophila	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia jiulongensis	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia lincangensis	China South-Central	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 8 m
Fargesia longiuscula	China South-Central	∅ 24 mm	⇑ 6m
Fargesia lushuiensis	China South-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia macclureana	Tibet	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia mairei	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia mali	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 6 m
Fargesia melanostachys	China South-Central	∅ 5 mm	⇑ 2,5 m
Fargesia microauriculata	China South-Central
Fargesia murielae	China South-Central	∅ 13 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia nitida	China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia nivalis	China South-Central
Fargesia nujiangensis	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia obliqua	China South-Central	∅ 12 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia orbiculata	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 6 m
Fargesia papyrifera	China South-Central	∅ 60 mm	⇑ 8 m
Fargesia pauciflora	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia perlonga	China South-Central	∅ 22 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia pleniculmis	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 8 m
Fargesia plurisetosa	China South-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 2 m
Fargesia porphyrea	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia praecipua	China South-Central	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 8 m
Fargesia qinlingensis	China North-Central	∅ 9 mm	⇑ 3,3 m
Fargesia robusta	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 7 m
Fargesia rufa	China North-Central, China South-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3,5 m
Fargesia sagittatinea	China South-Central	∅ 60 mm	⇑ 9 m
Fargesia scabrida	China North-Central, China South-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 3,5 m
Fargesia semicoriacea	China South-Central	∅ 12 mm	⇑ 3,5 m
Fargesia similaris	China South-Central	∅ 12 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia solida	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 5 m
Fargesia spathacea	China South-Central	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia stenoclada	China South-Central	∅ 17 mm	⇑ 5,5 m
Fargesia strigosa	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 6 m
Fargesia subflexuosa	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 6 m
Fargesia sylvestris	China South-Central	∅ 10 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia tengchongensis	China South-Central
Fargesia tenuilignea	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 8 m
Fargesia ungulata	China Southeast	∅ 8 mm	⇑ 1,5 m
Fargesia utilis	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 4 m
Fargesia vicina	China South-Central, Vietnam
Fargesia weiningensis	China South-Central
Fargesia wuliangshanensis	China South-Central	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 7 m
Fargesia yajiangensis	China South-Central	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 2,5 m
Fargesia yuanjiangensis	China South-Central	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 2,5 m
Fargesia yulongshanensis	China South-Central	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 7 m
Fargesia yunnanensis	China South-Central	∅ 60 mm	⇑ 10 m
Fargesia zayuensis	Tibet	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 6 m