{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Bambusa-vulgaris.web.jpg |image_caption = ''Dendrocalamus'' spp. |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Dendrocalamus |authority = Nees |type_species_authority = (Roxb.) Nees |type_species = ''Dendrocalamus strictus'' |synonyms_ref = <ref name=c>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451366 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> |synonyms = * ''Klemachloa'' <small>R.Parker</small> * ''Sinocalamus'' <small>McClure</small> * ''Sellulocalamus'' <small>W.T.Lin</small> }}
'''''Dendrocalamus''''' is a tropical Asian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2202#page/477/mode/1up Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1835. Linnaea 9(4): 476–477] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023463 Tropicos, ''Dendrocalamus'' Nees]</ref> It is found in the Indian subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109555 Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 39, <big>牡竹属</big> mu zhu shu ''Dendrocalamus'' Nees, Linnaea. 9: 476. 1835. ]</ref>
''Dendrocalamus giganteus'' is one of the tallest of bamboos, capable of reaching heights up to 46 m.<ref>Bamboos Of India, {{cite web |url=http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/tr17/ |title=MAIN |accessdate=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928080139/http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/tr17/ |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}. Accessed 8 June 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5735/085.046.0612?journalCode=anbf Bioone]</ref>
==Species== The following are included: <ref name=c/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dendrocalamus The Plant List search for ''Dendrocalamus'']</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Dendrocalamus asper'' – S China, SE Asia, Indian subcontinent # ''Dendrocalamus bambusoides'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus barbatus'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus bengkalisensis'' – Riau Is # ''Dendrocalamus birmanicus'' – Yunnan, Myanmar # ''Dendrocalamus brandisii'' – Yunnan , Indochina, Andaman Is # ''Dendrocalamus buar'' – Sumatra # ''Dendrocalamus calostachyus'' – Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Yunnan, Myanmar # ''Dendrocalamus cinctus'' – Sri Lanka # ''Dendrocalamus collettianus'' – Myanmar # ''Dendrocalamus detinens'' – Myanmar # ''Dendrocalamus dumosus'' – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia # ''Dendrocalamus elegans'' – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia # ''Dendrocalamus exauritus'' – Guangxi # ''Dendrocalamus farinosus'' – Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Vietnam # ''Dendrocalamus fugongensis'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus giganteus'' – Yunnan, Assam, West Bengal, Laos, Myanmar; naturalized in Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Ecuador, Trinidad, Puerto Rico # ''Dendrocalamus hait'' – Sumatra # ''Dendrocalamus hamiltonii'' – Yunnan, Nepal, eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina # ''Dendrocalamus hirtellus'' – Peninsular Malaysia # ''Dendrocalamus hookeri'' – eastern Himalayas, Myanmar # ''Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus khoonmengii'' – Thailand # ''Dendrocalamus latiflorus'' – southern China, northern Indochina; naturalized in Ryukyu Is, Bonin Is, Cuba, Brazil # ''Dendrocalamus liboensis'' – Guizhou # ''Dendrocalamus longispathus'' – Indochina, Assam, Bangladesh # ''Dendrocalamus macroculmis'' – Vietnam # ''Dendrocalamus manipureanus'' – Manipur # ''Dendrocalamus membranaceus'' – Indochina, Yunnan, Bangladesh # ''Dendrocalamus menglongensis'' – Guangdong # ''Dendrocalamus merrillianus'' – Philippines # ''Dendrocalamus messeri'' – Myanmar # ''Dendrocalamus minor'' – Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou # ''Dendrocalamus multiflosculus'' H.N.Nguyen, N.H.Xia & V.T.Nguyen # ''Dendrocalamus nianhei'' V.T.Nguyen & V.L.Le # ''Dendrocalamus nudus'' – Thailand # ''Dendrocalamus pachycladus'' Hsueh, D.Z.Li & C.M.Hui # ''Dendrocalamus pachystachys'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus parishii'' – western Himalayas # ''Dendrocalamus parvigemma'' – Vietnam # ''Dendrocalamus peculiaris'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus pendulus'' – Peninsular Malaysia # ''Dendrocalamus phuthoensis'' H.N.Nguyen, V.T.Nguyen & V.L.Le # ''Dendrocalamus poilanei'' – Vietnam # ''Dendrocalamus pulverulentus'' – Guangdong # ''Dendrocalamus sahnii'' – Arunachal Pradesh # ''Dendrocalamus semiscandens'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus sericeus'' – Bihar, Laos, Vietnam # ''Dendrocalamus sikkimensis'' – Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus sinicus'' – Yunnan, Laos # ''Dendrocalamus sinuatus'' – Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam # ''Dendrocalamus somdevae'' – Uttarakhand # ''Dendrocalamus strictus'' – India, Indochina; naturalized in West Indies, Java, Malaysia, some islands in Indian Ocean # ''Dendrocalamus suberosus'' – Guangdong # ''Dendrocalamus tibeticus'' – Tibet, Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus tomentosus'' – Yunnan # ''Dendrocalamus triamus'' – Guangdong # ''Dendrocalamus tsiangii'' – Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou # ''Dendrocalamus wabo'' – Myanmar # ''Dendrocalamus xishuangbannaensis'' – Yunnan, Vietnam # ''Dendrocalamus yunnanicus'' }} ;formerly included<ref name=c/> see ''Ampelocalamus Bambusa Gigantochloa Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera''
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Dendrocalamus affinis – Bambusa emeiensis'' * ''Dendrocalamus balcooa – Bambusa balcooa'' * ''Dendrocalamus copelandii – Bambusa copelandii'' * ''Dendrocalamus criticus – Bambusa pallida'' * ''Dendrocalamus curranii – Gigantochloa levis'' * ''Dendrocalamus factitius – Bambusa sinospinosa var. inermis'' * ''Dendrocalamus forbesii – Neololeba atra'' * ''Dendrocalamus griffithianus – Bambusa griffithiana'' * ''Dendrocalamus inermis – Bambusa sinospinosa var. inermis'' * ''Dendrocalamus latifolius – Neololeba atra'' * ''Dendrocalamus mianningensis – Ampelocalamus mianningensis'' * ''Dendrocalamus microcephalus – Bambusa microcephala'' * ''Dendrocalamus monadelphus – Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha'' * ''Dendrocalamus multispiculatus – Neololeba atra'' * ''Dendrocalamus papuanus – Neololeba atra'' * ''Dendrocalamus patellaris – Ampelocalamus patellaris'' * ''Dendrocalamus rongchengensis – Bambusa rongchengensis'' * ''Dendrocalamus stenoauritus – Bambusa stenoaurita'' * ''Dendrocalamus stocksii – Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii'' * ''Dendrocalamus tulda – Bambusa tulda'' }}
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Category:Dendrocalamus Category:Bambusoideae genera Category:Flora of tropical Asia