Drepanostachyum falcatum

Drepanostachyum falcatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Arundinarieae
Subtribus: Ampelocalaminae
Genus: Drepanostachyum
Species: Drepanostachyum falcatum

Name

Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f., 1983

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arundinaria falcata Nees, Linnaea 9: 478 (1835).
• Homotypic
  • Ludolfia falcata (Nees) Nees ex Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 26 (1868).
  • Bambusa falcata (Nees) Rob., Subtrop. Gard.: 73 (1871).
  • Chimonobambusa falcata (Nees) Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 151 (1925).
  • Fargesia falcata (Nees) T.P.Yi, Fl. Xizang. 5: 33 (1987).
  • Sinarundinaria falcata (Nees) C.S.Chao & Renvoize, Kew Bull. 44: 357 (1989).
  • Pleioblastus falcatus (Nees) T.Q.Nguyen, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 75: 225 (1990).
• Heterotypic
  • Arundinaria interrupta Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(6): 620 (1835).
  • Arundinaria utilis Cleghorn, J. Agric. Soc. India 13: 388 (1865).
  • Thamnocalamus ringala Falc. ex Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 157 (1868), pro syn.
  • Bambusa gracilis Rivière & C.Rivière, Bull. Soc. Natl. Acclim. France, sér. 3, 5: 682 (1878).
  • Arundinaria gracilis (Rivière & C.Rivière) Blanch., Rev. Hort. (Paris) 58: 490 (1886).
  • Arundinaria falcata var. glomerata Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7: 13 (1896).
  • Thamnocalamus falcatus D.C.McClint., Europ. Gard. Fl.: 62 (1984), pro syn.
  • Drepanostachyum falcatum var. glomeratum (Gamble) Pandey ex D.N.Tewari, Monogr. Bamboo: 84 (1993).
  • Drepanostachyum gracile (Blanch.) S.Kumar, Fl. Sikkim 1: 239 (1996).
  • Drepanostachyum falcatum var. sengteeanum Stapleton, Sida 22: 332 (2006).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Regional: Indian subcontinent Nepal, West Himalaya Introduced into: Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Keng, P.C., 1983. Journal of Bamboo Research. [Zhuzu Yanjiu Huikan.] Hangzhou 2:17.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Drepanostachyum falcatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Drepanostachyum falcatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Drepanostachyum falcatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Drepanostachyum falcatum. Published online. Accessed: August 19 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Drepanostachyum falcatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: blue bamboo, Himalayan bamboo

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