Shibataea kumasaca

Shibataea kumasaca (倭竹), the ruscus-leaf bamboo^[1] or ruscus bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, native to mountain slopes in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in China,^[4] and widely cultivated elsewhere. Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall, it is a compact, clump-forming evergreen bamboo.^[5]

Shibataea kumasaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Shibataea
Species:	S. kumasaca
Binomial name
Shibataea kumasaca (Zoll. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Shibataea kumasasa alternate spelling Bambusa kumasasa Zoll. ex Steud. Arundinaria kumasasa (Zoll. ex Steud.) Kurz Phyllostachys kumasasa (Zoll. ex Steud.) Munro Bambusa aureostriata Regel Arundarbor aureostriata (Regel) Kuntze Phyllostachys ruscifolia Satow Sasa aureostriata (Regel) E.G.Camus Shibataea pygmaea F.Maek. Shibataea tumidinoda T.H.Wen

In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[5][6] As with other cultivated bamboos it can become invasive in favourable conditions, via its creeping rootstock.

Japanese synonym

Two groups around the world have different beliefs about the correct name of this species. Some cite Japanese origins with the correct name being Shibataea kumasasa. Another group refers to it as Shibataea kumasaca, the Latinized name. Taxonomic authorities have yet to settle the issue.^[7]