Iron bamboo
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| Ferrocalamus strictus Hsuey & Keng.f. |
The iron bamboo (Ferrocalamus strictus) is a species of mountain bamboo. The genus Ferrocalamus is monotypic. Endemic to China, the plant is known uniquely from Yunnan's southern areas, from 900 to 1,200 m above the sea level.
[edit] Taxonomy
The genus Ferrocalamus is sometimes considered a synonym of Indocalamus. However, Ferrocalamus is arbor-like while Indocalamus is a shrub.
