Gelidocalamus is a genus of small to medium-sized bamboos in the grass family, native primarily to the mountains of eastern China, although one species (G. kunishii) is native to Taiwan and to the Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands) region in Japan.[1][2][3]

Gelidocalamus
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: Gelidocalamus
T.H.Wen
Species[4][5][6]
  1. Gelidocalamus albopubescens W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng
  2. Gelidocalamus annulatus T.H.Wen
  3. Gelidocalamus fangianus (A.Camus) Keng f. & Wen
  4. Gelidocalamus kunishii (Hayata) Keng f. & Wen
  5. Gelidocalamus latifolius Q. H. Dai & T. Chen
  6. Gelidocalamus longiinternodus T.H.Wen & S.C.Chen
  7. Gelidocalamus multifolius B.M.Yang
  8. Gelidocalamus rutilans T.H.Wen
  9. Gelidocalamus solidus C.D.Chu & C.S.Chao
  10. Gelidocalamus stellatus T.H.Wen
  11. Gelidocalamus subsolidus W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng
  12. Gelidocalamus tessellatus T.H.Wen & C.C.Chang
  13. Gelidocalamus velutinus W.T.Lin
Formerly included[4]

see Sarocalamus

References edit

  1. ^ "Species Table G". American Bamboo Society. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  2. ^ Wen, Tai Hui. 1982. Journal of Bamboo Research 1(1): 21
  3. ^ Tropicos, Gelidocalamus T.H.Wen
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ "Query Results for Genus Gelidocalamus". IPNI. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  6. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 132 短枝竹属 duan zhi zhu shu Gelidocalamus T. H. Wen, J. Bamboo Res. 1(1): 21. 1982.