Drepanostachyum is an Asian genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the grass family.[1][2] They are native to China, Indochina, and the Indian Subcontinent.[3]

Drepanostachyum
Drepanostachyum intermedium at Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Drepanostachyum
Keng f.
Type species
Drepanostachyum falcatum [1]
(Nees) Keng f.

Taxonomy

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The differences between this genus and Himalayacalamus are subtle: Drepanostachyum species have many equal branches while those of Himalayacalamus have one dominant branch.

Species[4][5]
Formerly included[4]

several species now considered better suited to other genera: Ampelocalamus Dendrocalamus Fargesia Himalayacalamus

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