title: Drepanostachyum
text: # Drepanostachyum
  
  Drepanostachyum is an Asian genus of medium-sized mountain clumping bamboos in the grass family. They are native to China, Indochina, and the Indian Subcontinent.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The differences between this genus and Himalayacalamus are subtle: Drepanostachyum species have many equal branches while those of Himalayacalamus have one dominant branch.
  
  ### Species
  
  * Drepanostachyum ampullare
  * Drepanostachyum annulatum
  * Drepanostachyum exauritum
  * Drepanostachyum falcatum
  * Drepanostachyum fractiflexum
  * Drepanostachyum intermedium
  * Drepanostachyum khasianum
  * Drepanostachyum kurzii
  * Drepanostachyum membranaceum
  * Drepanostachyum naibunensoides
  * Drepanostachyum polystachyum
  * Drepanostachyum semiorbiculatum
  * Drepanostachyum stoloniforme
  
  ### Formerly included
  
  several species now considered better suited to other genera: Ampelocalamus Dendrocalamus Fargesia Himalayacalamus
  
  