Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f.

Summary

Genus:

Drepanostachyum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Bambusoideae

Tribe:

Arundinarieae

Subtribe:

Arundinariinae

Nomen number:

407345

Place of publication:

J. Bamboo Res. 2(1):17. 1983

Verified:

01/13/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Arundinaria falcata Nees

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Chimonobambusa falcata (Nees) Nakai
Sinarundinaria falcata (Nees) C. S. Chao & Renvoize

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Reference(s)

Chao, C.-S. & S. A. Renvoize. 1989. A revision of the species described under Arundinaria (Gramineae) in Southeast Asia and Africa. Kew Bull. 44:357.
Clark, L. G. 2011. Review of Poaceae Bambusoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 22 Jul.
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part III: Drepanostachyum, Himalayacalamus, Ampelocalamus, Neomicrocalamus and Chimonobambusa (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:307.
Stapleton, C. M. A. 2006. Drepanostachyum falcatum var. sengteeanum: identity and origins (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Sida 22:1081-1086.
Stapleton, C. Bamboos of Nepal: an illustrated guide. 1994

Common names

English
blue bamboo –
Himalayan bamboo –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Himachal Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Uttar Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States

Native
Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh], Nepal

Cultivated
Northern America

REGION: United States

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Stapleton, C. M. A. 2006. Drepanostachyum falcatum var. sengteeanum: identity and origins (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Sida 22:1081-1086.
Materials	fiber		Clark, L. G. 2011. Review of Poaceae Bambusoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 22 Jul.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407345. Accessed 16 December 2025.