''Gelidocalamus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of small to medium-sized
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, ...
s in the
grass family, native primarily to the mountains of eastern China, although one species ''(
G. kunishii)'' is native to
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
and to the
Nansei-shoto (
Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yona ...
) region in
Japan.
;Species
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;Formerly included[
see '']Sarocalamus
''Sarocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family.
;Species
# ''Sarocalamus faberi'' (Rendle) Stapleton – Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou
# ''Sarocalamus racemosus'' (Munro) Stapleton – Tibet, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, ...
''
*''Gelidocalamus fangianus – Sarocalamus faberi
''Sarocalamus'' is a genus of Asian 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. ...
''
References
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Bambusoideae
Bambusoideae genera
Flora of Eastern Asia
Flora of China