Phyllostachys praecox Chu & Chao (1980: 176) Lectotype (designated here):— CHINA. Zhejiang: Deqing Xian, 22 April 1974, C. S. Chao & H. Y. Zou 74103 (NF barcode 17003180!, isolectotypes NF barcode 17003179!, PE barcode 01512160!). Nomenclatural notes:—The gathering C. S. Chao & H. Y. Zou 74103 indicated by the authors as type, consists of 3 specimens kept in NF and PE. The specimen with NF barcode 17003180 is better preserved than the other 2 specimens, hence is here designated as the lectotype. Taxonomic notes:—This species is currently accepted in the Flora of China (Wang & Stapleton 2006) as Phyllostachys violascens (Carrière) Rivière & Rivière (1878: 770).

Published as part of Duan, Yi-Fan, Yang, Xin-Xin, Li, Yong-Fu, Shi, Ji-Sen & Wang, Xian-Rong, 2016, Lectotypifications of 15 names of Chinese taxa in three families, pp. 220-224 in Phytotaxa 268 (3) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.268.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13666280