[3] Most species of Bambusa are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest.

They are also reportedly naturalized in other regions, e.g. Africa, Americas, and various oceanic islands.

[2][4][5][6] Plants of the World Online includes:[2] Note: now placed in Pseudobambusa: Fossil leaves of †Bambusa ilinskiae are described from the Miocene deposits of the Carpathians.

[7] Findings of fossil Bambusa leaf impressions of Messinian age (ca.

5.7 Ma) from Monte Tondo in the Romagna Apennines in northern Italy, are similar to fossil †Bambusa lugdunensis leaves.