Subfamily Bambusoideae Tribe Bambuseae Scientific name Himalayacalamus Rank Genus | Supertribe Bambusodae Subtribe Arundinariinae | |
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Similar Drepanostachyum, Bamboo, Thamnocalamus, Yushania, Sinobambusa | ||
Himalayacalamus garden plants
Himalayacalamus is an Asiangenus of mountain clumping bamboo in the grass family. Species members are found growing at lower altitudes of the Himalaya in Bhutan, Tibet, India, and Nepal.
The genus is often confused with Drepanostachyum. Drepanostachyum, however, has many equal branches, Himalayacalamus species have one dominant branch.
- Himalayacalamus asper Stapleton - Nepal
- Himalayacalamus brevinodus Stapleton - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
- Himalayacalamus collaris (T.P.Yi) Ohrnb. - Tibet, Nepal
- Himalayacalamus cupreus Stapleton - Nepal
- Himalayacalamus falconeri (Hook.f. ex Munro) Keng f. - Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal; naturalized on North Island in New Zealand
- Himalayacalamus fimbriatus Stapleton - Nepal
- Himalayacalamus hookerianus (Munro) Stapleton - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam
- Himalayacalamus planatus Stapleton - Nepal
- Himalayacalamus porcatus Stapleton - Nepal
References
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