# Dendrocalamus

Dendrocalamus is a tropical Asian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia.
Dendrocalamus giganteus is one of the tallest of bamboos, capable of reaching heights up to 46 m.

## Species

The following are included:
* 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

see Ampelocalamus Bambusa Gigantochloa Neololeba Pseudoxytenanthera
* 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