Himalayacalamus

Himalayacalamus is an Asian genus of mountain clumping bamboo in the grass family.[1][2] Species members are found growing at lower altitudes of the Himalaya in Bhutan, Tibet, India, and Nepal.[3]

Himalayacalamus
Tibetan Princess Bamboo
Himalayacalamus asper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Himalayacalamus
Keng.f.
Type species
Himalayacalamus falconeri[1]
(Munro) Keng f.

The genus is often confused with Drepanostachyum. Drepanostachyum, however, has many equal branches, Himalayacalamus species have one dominant branch.

Species[4]
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Himalayacalamus asper StapletonNepal
Himalayacalamus brevinodus StapletonNepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
Himalayacalamus collaris (T.P.Yi) Ohrnb.Tibet, Nepal
Himalayacalamus cupreus StapletonNepal
Himalayacalamus falconeri (Hook.f. ex Munro) Keng f.Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal; naturalized in the North Island of New Zealand
Himalayacalamus fimbriatus StapletonNepal
Himalayacalamus hookerianus (Munro) StapletonNepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam
Himalayacalamus planatus StapletonNepal
Himalayacalamus porcatus StapletonNepal

References
  1. Tropicos, Himalayacalamus Keng f.
  2. Keng, Pai Chieh. 1983. Journal of Bamboo Research 2(1): 23–24
  3. 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.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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