Drepanostachyum is an genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the Poaceae.[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.
- Formerly included
several species now considered better suited to other genera: Ampelocalamus Dendrocalamus Fargesia Himalayacalamus