Himalayacalamus is an Asian genus of mountain clumping bamboo in the grass family.Tropicos, Himalayacalamus Keng f.Keng, Pai Chieh. 1983. Journal of Bamboo Research 2(1): 23–24 Species members are found growing at lower altitudes of the Himalaya in Bhutan, Tibet, India, and Nepal.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 98 喜马拉雅筱竹属 xi ma la ya xiao zhu shu Himalayacalamus P. C. Keng, J. Bamboo Res. 2(1): 23. 1983.
The genus is often confused with Drepanostachyum. That genus, however, features plants of many equal branches, Himalayacalamus species have one dominant branch.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:
Image Scientific name Distribution 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 in the North Island of New Zealand Himalayacalamus fimbriatus Stapleton Nepal Himalayacalamus hookerianus (Munro) Stapleton Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam Himalayacalamus planatus Stapleton Nepal Himalayacalamus porcatus Stapleton Nepal
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