Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Himalayacalamus Keng f., J. Bamboo Res. 2: 23 (1983)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bamboo
Description
Small to medium-sized bamboos with short sympodial rhizomes, forming a dense clump. Culm-internodes hollow, terete, rather slender, nodes not very prominent. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous, ≈ internodes, glabrous, ± concolorous, broad and little narrowed distally; margins hairy. Leaf-sheath without auricles and oral bristles. Ligule pubescent. Leaf-blade not obviously tessellate. Inflorescence a large racemose panicle or raceme. Spikelets 1–(2)-flowered, one pedicelled, the other sessile. Glumes 2, strongly 4–8-nerved. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Keng, P.C. 1983: A revision of the genera of bamboos from the world (III). Journal of Bamboo Research 2: 11–27.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Sykes, W.R. 2000: Subfamily Bamusoideae. In: Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. 19–39.
