Drepanostachyum is an Asian genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the grass family.Keng, Pai Chieh. 1983. Journal of Bamboo Research 2(1): 15 They are native to China, Indochina, and the Indian subcontinent.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 97 镰序竹属 lian xu zhu shu Drepanostachyum P. C. Keng, J. Bamboo Res. 2(1): 15. 1983.
Taxonomy The differences between this genus and Himalayacalamus are subtle: Drepanostachyum species have many equal branches while those of Himalayacalamus have one dominant branch.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Drepanostachyum
Formerly included several species now considered better suited to other genera: Ampelocalamus Dendrocalamus Fargesia Himalayacalamus
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