Poaceae
Himalayacalamus

Himalayacalamus fimbriatus Stapleton

First published in Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 316 (1994)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal. It is a bamboo and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

Morphology General Habit
Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms drooping at the tip; 400-700 cm long; 10-18 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled; 20-27 cm long; estriate; smooth; distally pruinose. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 3. Branch complement many. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 19 cm long; 4 times as long as wide; green and purple; distinctly mottled with last colour; pubescent; hairy at the base; with tawny hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 5 mm high; fimbriate. Culm-sheath blade linear; demarcated but persistent; erect; 3-5 cm long; 2-4 mm wide. Leaves 6-7 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; spreading; 2 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent, or falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 5 mm long; pubescent on abaxial surface; obtuse, or acute. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous, or pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10-20 cm long; 10-20 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation without cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowering specimens unknown.
Distribution
Asia-tropical: India.
Reference
Bambuseae. Stapleton 2002.
[GB]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0