''Gelidocalamus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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, bu ...

s 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 ...

, native primarily to the mountains of eastern China, although one species ''( G. kunishii)'' is native to

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and to the

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(

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) region in

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. ;SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 132 短枝竹属 duan zhi zhu shu ''Gelidocalamus'' T. H. Wen, J. Bamboo Res. 1(1): 21. 1982.
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Sarocalamus ''Sarocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family. ;Species # ''Sarocalamus faberi'' (Rendle) Stapleton – Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou # ''Sarocalamus racemosus'' (Munro) Stapleton – Tibet, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar ...

'' *''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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15963706 Bambusoideae Bambusoideae genera Flora of Eastern Asia Flora of China