Fargesia dracocephala

Taxobox
name = "Fargesia dracocephala"

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image_caption = Close-up of culms, leaves and emerging shoots of the cultivar "F. dracocephala" 'Rufa'
image_width = 300px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Bambusoideae
supertribus = Bambusodae
tribus = Bambuseae
subtribus = Arundinariinae
genus = "Fargesia"
species = "F. dracocephala"
binomial = "Fargesia dracocephala"
binomial_authority = T.P.Yi

"Fargesia dracocephala" is a woody bamboo native to central China. It is known in Chinese as "longtou jianzhu" (zh-cp|c=|p=lóngtóujiǎnzhú), meaning "dragon head Fargesia". The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek and has the same meaning. It is found at high elevations in the south of Gansu, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi and northern Sichuan. The plant is a significant source of food for the giant panda.Citation
last =Li
first =De-Zhu; Guo, Zhenhua; Stapleton, Chris
contribution =Fargesia dracocephala
year =2007
title =Flora of China
editor-last =Wu
editor-first =Z. Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y.
volume =22
pages =93
place=Beijing
publisher =Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200025413
accessdate =2007-10-06]

There is a bamboo cultivated in the west sold under the same name, but it is actually a recently described species, namely "Fargesia apicirubens". Confusingly, the most common cultivar of "F. dracocephala" is sometimes sold in the west under the name "Fargesia rufa", which is a different species. When properly designated, it appears as "Fargesia 'Rufa'.citation| last=Stapleton| first=Chris| url=http://bamboo-identification.co.uk/html/dragon_head_bamboo.html| title=Dragon’s Head Bamboo: Fargesia dracocephala| accessdate=2007-10-06]

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