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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Thamnocalamus is closely related to Fargesia. The two genera are sometimes regarded as a single genus by some authors.[6]
- Thamnocalamus chigar (Stapleton) Stapleton - Nepal
- Thamnocalamus spathiflorus (Trin.) Munro - Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal
- Thamnocalamus tessellatus (Nees) Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis - Madagascar, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Lesotho, Cape Province
- 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 vaginatus - Pleioblastus argenteostriatus
References edit
- ^ lectotype designated by Bentham in Benth. & Hook., Gen. Pl. 3(2): 1208 (1883)
- ^ a b Tropicos, Thamnocalamus Munro
- ^ Munro, William. 1868. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26(1): 33-35 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 73 筱竹属 xiao zhu shu Thamnocalamus Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 26: 33. 1868
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Thamnocalamus