Cane

Shoot

Bud

Rhizome (different from the root)

Root

The morphological distinction between species is often difficult.

The bamboo flowers only rarely, and botanical identification methodology is partly based on the morphology of the inflorescence. Yet, even after examining the flowers, some bamboos are still difficult to differentiate.

The appearance of a bamboo can be altered by its ecosystem. One subject in a particular environment may present a different shape than another one, particularly in stressful situations. Sometimes a distinctive character does not reoccur systematically (culms of P. flexuosa for example).

Pseudosasa 

Ramification[Ramification] 

Phyllostachys 

Ramification[Ramification] 

Exemples de  
Bambous typiques

Chimonobambusa 

quadrangularis 

Phyllostachys 

aurea 

Phyllostachys 

nigra 

boryana 

Phyllostachys 

pubescens 

Phyllostachys 

pubescens 

heterocycla 

Phyllostachys 

aureosulcata 

Phyllostachys 

nigra 

Phyllostachys 

bambusoides 

'Violascens' 

Lite dictionnary about Bamboo

# Diplomorphe: Rare composite case containing leptomorphes and pachymorphes rhizomes.
# Epiphytes: Plant that lives on trees.
# Unlimited: Said of a rhizome that grows in a horizontal axis and expand in non limited way in one single season (McClure)
# Leptomorphes: Refers to the morphology of a long and slender rhizome
# Limited: Said of a rhizome that straightens abruptly before the end of its first growing season to give birth to a thatched terminal and lateral buds (McClure)
# Vegetative Propagation: Propagation done by division of the rhizomes.
# Pachymorphe: Refers to the morphology of a short thick rhizome.
# Pluricespitose: Intermediate case between cespitose and Running.