Concerning the species name of Phylostachys rubromargnata,there are different opinions among Chinese taxonomists. The disagreement focuses on two different plants, which grow in Guangxi and Zhejiang respectively. Some of them consider the plant growing in Guangxi as PhyllOSachys rubromarginata, but others have opposite opinion. The confuse was arose by the not well developed type specimen of McClure and the disharmony between his original Latin descriptions in Lingn. Uni. Sci. Bull.and the English one in Agr. Handb. U. S. D. A.. According to the data obtained after detailed reexamination of original description made by McClure and the specimens reserved in Herbarium of Zhongshan University, the related problems were discussed in detail in this paper and the confusion was clarified. Some new synonyms were given.
