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

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Arundinaria falcata Nees
• (≡) Chimonobambusa falcata (Nees) Nakai
• (≡) Sinarundinaria falcata (Nees) C. S. Chao & Renvoize

Common names:

• blue bamboo  (Source: Bamboo World) - English
• Himalayan bamboo  (Source: Pl Names) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental
• Materials: fiber

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh] Nepal (w.)


Cultivated

Northern America

• United States

References:

1. 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. Note: = Sinarundinaria falcata (Nees) C. S. Chao & Renvoize
2. Clark, L. G. 2011. Review of Poaceae Bambusoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 22 Jul.
3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
4. Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
6. 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.
7. Stapleton, C. M. A. 2006. Drepanostachyum falcatum var. sengteeanum: identity and origins (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Sida 22:1081-1086.
8. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Nepal: an illustrated guide

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=407345. Accessed 3 July 2024.