Sasa (Japanese: ササ or 笹 ), also called broad-leaf bamboo, is a genus of running bamboo.
 These species have at most one branch per node.
Sasa palmata is a species of low-growing, shade-tolerant bamboo that is native to Japan.
 It is known as broadleaf bamboo or broad-leaved bamboo.
Phyllostachys aurea is a bamboo species of the 'running bamboo' type, belonging to the diverse Bambuseae tribe.
 It is native to Fujian and Zhejiang in China.
 It is commonly known by the names fishpole bamboo, golden bamboo, monk's belly bamboo and fairyland bamboo (Australia).
Phyllostachys heteroclada, the fishscale bamboo, also known as "water bamboo", is a running bamboo.
 The water bamboo name comes from the air canals in the rhizomes and roots that allow this bamboo to grow in more saturated conditions as compared to similar species.
 This species can also have abrupt kinks at the base of the culms. Maximum height can reach 35+' with a diameter of 2".
 Cold hardy to around -5F. Grows well in USDA zone 6b-10.
Phyllostachys atrovaginata is a running bamboo with strongly tapered stiff upright culms.
 It may reveal a fragrant scent during warm weather or when vigorously rubbed.
Pachysandra is a genus of five species of evergreen perennials or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family Buxaceae.
 The species are native to eastern Asia and southeast North America, some reaching a height of 20 - , with only weakly woody stems.
 The leaves are alternate, leathery, with an entirely too coarsely toothed margin, and are typically 5 - long.
 The small uni-sexual blooms are greenish-white and produced in late spring or early summer.
Phyllostachys virella is a hardy running bamboo with culms that grow thick relative to its height with a subtle scent suggestive of sandalwood.
Phyllostachys aureosulcata, the yellow groove bamboo, is a species of bamboo native to the Zhejiang Province of China .
 It is a running bamboo with a distinctive yellow stripe in the culm groove (or sulcus) that is often grown as an ornamental.
The Thai Bamboo, (Thyrsostachys siamensis), is one of two bamboo species belonging to the "Thyrsostachys" genus.
 It grows up to 7 to 13m tall.
 It is native to Yunnan, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and naturalised in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia.
 The plant is also known as Monastery bamboo, Umbrella bamboo, Thai umbrella bamboo, and Umbrella-handle bamboo.
Phyllostachys parvifolia is a running bamboo with thick culms that grow tall for a bamboo that endures cold weather.

Question: Are both the Sasa and Pachysandra a genus of running bamboo?
Answer: no