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Himalayacalamus
Himalayacalamus is an Asian genus of mountain clumping bamboo in the grass family. Species members are found growing at lower altitudes of the Himalaya in Bhutan, Tibet, India, and Nepal.
The genus is often confused with Drepanostachyum. That genus, however, features plants of many equal branches, Himalayacalamus species have one dominant branch.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Deo Ringaal
speciesHimalayacalamus falconeri
blue bamboo
speciesHimalayacalamus hookerianus
Himalayacalamus asper
speciesHimalayacalamus asper
Himalayacalamus porcatus
speciesHimalayacalamus porcatus
Himalayacalamus planatus
speciesHimalayacalamus planatus
Himalayacalamus fimbriatus
speciesHimalayacalamus fimbriatus
Himalayacalamus cupreus
speciesHimalayacalamus cupreus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 379003.