Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Phyllostachys aurea
bambú amarillo, bambú japonés, bambú dorado, golden bamboo, fish pole bamboo
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phyllostachys
Species
aurea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Phyllostachys bambusoides var. aurea (Carrière ex Rivière & C. Rivière) Makino
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- McClure, F.A. (1957) Bamboos of the genus Phyllostachys under cultivation in the United States. Agric. Handb. 114: 1–69.
- Smith, L.B. Wasshausen, D.C. & Klein, R.M. (1981) Gramíneas. Gêneros: 1. Bambusa até 44. Chloris. Fl. Il. Catarin. 1(GRAM): 1–435.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Phyllostachys aurea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2026. Accessed 4 November 2026.