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Taxon:  Himalayacalamus hookerianus (Munro) Stapleton



Summary
Genus:
Himalayacalamus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
Tribe:
Arundinarieae
Subtribe:
Arundinariinae
Nomen number:
404239
Place of publication:
Newslett. Bamboo Soc. (European Bamboo Soc. Great Brit.) 17:21. 1993
Verified:
03/17/2004 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 hookeriana Munro

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sinarundinaria hookeriana (Munro) C. S. Chao & Renvoize

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Reference(s)
  1. Clark, L. G. 2011. Review of Poaceae Bambusoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 22 Jul.
  2. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  3. Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal & Bhutan Part III: Drepanostachyum, Himalayacalamus, Ampelocalamus, Neomicrocalamus and Chimonobambusa (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:301-330.
  6. Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The Blue-stemmed bamboo: Himalayacalamus hookerianus. New Plantsman 1:5-9.
  7. Stapleton, C. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide. 1994
  8. Stapleton, C. Bamboos of Nepal: an illustrated guide. 1994
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
2CultivatedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Sikkim, West Bengal], Nepal
Cultivated
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Ohrnberger, D. The bamboos of the world. 1999
Human foodvegetable 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=404239. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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