Thamnocalamus

Thamnocalamus is a genus of clumping bamboo in the grass family.^[3] These species are found from the Himalayas as well as Madagascar and Southern Africa.^[4][5]

Thamnocalamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Tribe:	Arundinarieae
Subtribe:	Arundinariinae
Genus:	Thamnocalamus Munro
Type species
Thamnocalamus spathiflorus [1][2] (Trin.) Munro.
Synonyms[2]
Arundinaria sect. Thamnocalamus (Munro) Hack.

Thamnocalamus is closely related to Fargesia. The two genera are sometimes regarded as a single genus by some authors.^[6]

Species^[7][8]

1. Thamnocalamus chigar (Stapleton) Stapleton - Nepal
2. Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro - Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal
3. Thamnocalamus unispiculatus T.P.Yi & J.Y.Shi - Tibet

formerly included^[7]

see Chimonobambusa Drepanostachyum Fargesia Himalayacalamus Neomicrocalamus Pleioblastus Pseudosasa

• Thamnocalamus collaris - Himalayacalamus collaris
• Thamnocalamus cuspidatus - Fargesia cuspidata
• Thamnocalamus denudatus - Fargesia denudata
• Thamnocalamus dracocephalus - Fargesia dracocephala
• Thamnocalamus falcatus - Drepanostachyum falcatum
• Thamnocalamus falconeri - Himalayacalamus falconeri
• Thamnocalamus hindsii - Pseudosasa hindsii
• Thamnocalamus hindsii var. gramineus - Pleioblastus gramineus
• Thamnocalamus murielae - Fargesia murielae
• Thamnocalamus nitidus - Fargesia nitida
• Thamnocalamus nitidus subsp. ciliatus - Fargesia qinlingensis
• Thamnocalamus prainii - Neomicrocalamus prainii
• Thamnocalamus quadrangularis - Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
• Thamnocalamus ringala - Drepanostachyum falcatum
• Thamnocalamus robustus - Fargesia robusta
• Thamnocalamus sparsiflorus - Fargesia murielae
• Thamnocalamus spathaceus - Fargesia spathacea
• Thamnocalamus tessellatus - Bergbambos tessellata
• Thamnocalamus vaginatus - Pleioblastus argenteostriatus