Phyllostachys henonis Mitford, Garden (London) 47: 3. 1894; Bambusa puberula Miquel; P. fauriei Hackel; P. henryi Rendle; P. montana Rendle; P. nevinii Hance; P. nevinii var. hupehensis Rendle; P. nigra f. henonis (Mitford) Muroi; P. nigra var. puberula (Miquel) Fiori; P. puberula (Miquel) Munro; P. stauntonii Munro.

Culms remaining consistently green.

* Open forests on slopes; ca. 1200 m. S Hunan; cultivated in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [introduced in India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam; Europe, North America].