This book contains the richest diversity of the bamboo taxa in China formally published with rich references and the 2,200 coloured photos about the bamboo plants and habitats.

The all coloured photos in this book, especially the photos of the bamboo species (more than 300 species) which grow in the medium and high mountains, were taken from the original habitats where the type specimens were collected. For example, the coloured photos of Fargesia macclureana and the original habitats were taken from the bamboo forest, at the altitude 3,800 m, Bomi, Tibet, P.R. China. 

This book covers the bamboo flower descriptions of more than 200 bamboo species and the coloured photos of the bamboo flowers from more than 50 bamboo species.

This book can be used as important reference book for the professionals and students in bamboo research from universities and research institutes, as well as the practitioners from industrial and commercial enterprises in agriculture and forestry, development, protection, bamboo processing and utilization.