竹类的花序、竹箨、竿、叶的特征对竹类植物的分类和识别具有重要意义。本书采用信息丰富、特征明显的高清图片形象而准确地展示了竹子的分类和识别特征，尤其是竹箨的特征。全书大量采用实拍照片、数十幅手绘彩色科学画，并辅以文字说明，既具有很高的学术性，又具有很强的芝术性和实用性。
Table of contents
Note on the English edition of Illustrations of Bamboos in China V
Author's preface VII
Preface IX
Overview of the Taxonomic Characters of Bamboos
1 Vegetative organs 2
1.1 Rhizomes 2
1.2 Culms 3
1.2.1 Branching 4
1.2.2 Culm colour 5
1.2.3 Culm shape 7
1.3 Shoots 8
1.3.1 Culm sheaths 8
1.4 Leaves 14
2 Reproductive organs 15
2.1 Flowers 15
2.2 Fruit 15
Thyrsostachys 30
Bambusa 34
Neosinocalamus 78
Dendrocalamopsis 85
Dendrocalamus 92
Gigantochloa 109
Indosasa 114
Sinobambusa 122
Brachystachyum 131
Phyllostachys 133
Chimonobambusa 231
Qiongzhuea 235
Chimonocalamus 238
Acidosasa 241
Oligostachyum 248
Pleioblastus 257
Bashania 268
Pseudosasa 270
Sasa 277
Indocalamus 279
Sasaella 284
Hibanobambusa 286
Guadua 288
Species descriptions
Melocanna 18
Schizostachyum 20
Pseudostachyum 24
Cephalostachyum 26
Bibliography 291
Acknowledgements 292
Index of Latin names 293
