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Himalayacalamus Keng f.

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Himalayacalamus Keng f., J. Bamboo Res. 2: 23 (1983)
Himalayacalamus Keng f.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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Sykes, W.R. (2000)

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Keng f.
Keng f.
Keng, P.C. 1983: A revision of the genera of bamboos from the world (III). Journal of Bamboo Research 2: 11–27.
1983
23
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Himalayacalamus Keng f.
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Himalayacalamus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Gramineae
Himalayacalamus

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Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. 2000: Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Himalayacalamus Keng f.

Small to medium-sized bamboos with short sympodial rhizomes, forming a dense clump. Culm-internodes hollow, terete, rather slender, nodes not very prominent. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous, ≈ internodes, glabrous, ± concolorous, broad and little narrowed distally; margins hairy. Leaf-sheath without auricles and oral bristles. Ligule pubescent. Leaf-blade not obviously tessellate. Inflorescence a large racemose panicle or raceme. Spikelets 1-(2)-flowered, one pedicelled, the other sessile. Glumes 2, strongly 4-8-nerved. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3.

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Himalayacalamus Keng f.
Himalayacalamus Keng f.
Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. (2000)
Himalayacalamus Keng f.
Himalayacalamus
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Himalayacalamus Keng f.
Gramineae Juss.

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Himalayacalamus Keng f.
Nepal
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Himalayacalamus Keng f.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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91ea0533-2b4e-45e2-af41-891cf42ce824
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 January 2014
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