''Chimonocalamus'' is a
genus of
Asian
bamboo in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
. It is native to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, the eastern
Himalayas, and northern
Indochina. Some of the species are aromatic and grown as
ornamental plants.
[Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 103 香竹属 xiang zhu shu ''Chimonocalamus'' Hsueh & T. P. Yi, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 1(2): 75. 1979. ]
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;Species [The Plant List search for ''Chimonocalamus'']
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;Formerly included[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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see '' Chimonobambusa''
* ''Chimonocalamus armatus – Chimonobambusa armatus''
* ''Chimonocalamus callosus – Chimonobambusa callosa''
References
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Bambusoideae genera
Bambusoideae