Taxon:  Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees & Arn. ex Munro



Summary
Genus:
Dendrocalamus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
Tribe:
Bambuseae
Subtribe:
Bambusinae
Nomen number:
13521
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26:151.  1868
Verified:
10/01/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dendrocalamus maximus (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  2. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  3. Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  6. Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I: Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:24.
  7. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
  8. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Nepal: an illustrated guide
  9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishtama bamboo  1Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Transcribed Chineseban na tian long zhu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMizoram Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I: Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:24.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I: Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:24.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar

Reference(s)
  1. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  2. Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I: Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:24.
  3. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
  4. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
Materialscanefor weaving materialStapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
Materialsfiberfor weaving materialStapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13521. Accessed 15 April 2026.