Drepanostachyum
{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
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|image_caption = Drepanostachyum intermedium at Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand
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|taxon = Drepanostachyum
|authority = Keng f.
|type_species = Drepanostachyum falcatum [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036506 Tropicos, Drepanostachyum Keng f.]
|type_species_authority = (Nees) Keng f.
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Drepanostachyum is an Asian genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the grass family.Keng, Pai Chieh. 1983. Journal of Bamboo Research 2(1): 15 They are native to China, Indochina, and the Indian Subcontinent.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200125 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.
;Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451429 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Drepanostachyum The Plant List search for Drepanostachyum]
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- Drepanostachyum ampullare
- Drepanostachyum annulatum
- Drepanostachyum exauritum
- Drepanostachyum falcatum
- Drepanostachyum fractiflexum
- Drepanostachyum intermedium
- Drepanostachyum khasianum
- Drepanostachyum kurzii
- Drepanostachyum membranaceum
- Drepanostachyum naibunensoides
- Drepanostachyum polystachyum
- Drepanostachyum semiorbiculatum
- Drepanostachyum stoloniforme
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several species now considered better suited to other genera: Ampelocalamus Dendrocalamus Fargesia Himalayacalamus