Ampelocalamus

Type: Ampelocalamus actinotrichus (Merr. & Chun) S. L. Chen, T. H. Wen & G. Y. Sheng, 1981

Synonym: Patellocalamus W. T. Lin, 1989

Suprageneric classification: subtribe Ampelocalaminae D. Z. Li & Y. X. Zhang, 2020; tribe Arundinarieae Asch. & Graebn., 1902; subfamily Bambusoideae Luerss., 1893; family Poaceae Barnhart, 1895 (nom. alt.: Gramineae Juss., 1789); superorder Lilianae Takht., 1967; order Poales Small, 1903. — Soreng & al., 2017 [#1252b] — Y. X. Zhang, C. Guo & D. Z. Li, 2020 [#1327].

Comments: Ampelocalamus is a genus comprising about 14 species of pendulous or scrambling, caespitose bamboos in broad-leaved forests at 200–1800 m altitude, and distributed from southern China to the central Himalayas. Only one species, Ampelocalamus patellaris, is widespread, occurring in Yunnan of China, Laos, Myanmar, north-eastern India, and Nepal, and could be also a native of northern Thailand. The other Ampelocalamus species are endemic to southern China including Hainan and Taiwan.

Main references: Y. X. Zhang, P. F. Ma, & D. Z. Li, A new genus [Hsuehochloa] of temperate woody bamboos (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Arundinarieae) from a limestone montane area of China, PhytoKeys 109, 2018: p. 67-76 [#1265].