''Ampelocalamus'' is a genus of

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, but ...

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 found mostly in

Southern China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...

, with some species in the eastern Himalayas and northern Indochina.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 99 悬竹属 xuan zhu shu ''Ampelocalamus'' S. L. Chen, T. H. Wen & G. Y. Sheng, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19: 332. 1981.
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3767497 Bambusoideae genera Bambusoideae