Thamnocalamus
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Thamnocalamus is a genus of clumping bamboo in the grass family.<ref>Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 33-35 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English</ref> These species are found from the Himalayas as well as Madagascar and Southern Africa.<ref>Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 73 筱竹属 xiao zhu shu Thamnocalamus Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 26: 33. 1868</ref><ref>Chao, C. & S. A. Renvoize. 1989. A revision of the species described under Arundinaria (Gramineae) in southeast Asia and Africa. Kew Bulletin 44(2): 349–367</ref>
Thamnocalamus is closely related to Fargesia. The two genera are sometimes regarded as a single genus by some authors.<ref>Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world: annotated nomenclature and literature of the species and the higher and lower taxa. Bamboos of the World 1–585</ref>
- Species<ref name=g>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families</ref><ref>The Plant List search for Thamnocalamus</ref>
- Thamnocalamus chigar (Stapleton) Stapleton - Nepal
- Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro - Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal
- Thamnocalamus unispiculatus T.P.Yi & J.Y.Shi - Tibet
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see Chimonobambusa Drepanostachyum Fargesia Himalayacalamus Neomicrocalamus Pleioblastus Pseudosasa Template:Columns-list