Drepanostachyum

Drepanostachyum is an Asian genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the grass family.<ref name=b/><ref>Keng, Pai Chieh. 1983. Journal of Bamboo Research 2(1): 15</ref> They are native to China, Indochina, and the Indian subcontinent.<ref>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.</ref>

Taxonomy

The differences between this genus and Himalayacalamus are subtle: Drepanostachyum species have many equal branches while those of Himalayacalamus have one dominant branch.

Species<ref name=n>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families</ref><ref>The Plant List search for Drepanostachyum</ref>

Formerly included<ref name=n/>

several species now considered better suited to other genera: Ampelocalamus Dendrocalamus Fargesia Himalayacalamus