Melocalamus
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Melocalamus is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/656753#page/773/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1883. Genera Plantarum 3: 1095 (in key), 1212] in Latin It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016713 Tropicos, Melocalamus Benth.][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120183 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 48 梨籐竹属 li teng zhu shu Melocalamus Bentham in Bentham & J. D. Hooker in Bentham & J. D. Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 1212. 1883. ]
;Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=423989 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Melocalamus The Plant List search for Melocalamus][http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea/2010/00000055/00000002/art00007 Nguyen, H.N.; Tran, V.T. 2010. Six new species of Melocalamus (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) from Vietnam. Blumea 55(2):129-138]
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- Melocalamus arrectus T.P.Yi - Yunnan
- Melocalamus blaoensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
- Melocalamus compactiflorus (Kurz) Benth. - Yunnan, Bangladesh, Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
- Melocalamus cucphuongensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
- Melocalamus elevatissimus Hsueh & T.P.Yi - Tibet
- Melocalamus indicus R.B.Majumdar - Assam
- Melocalamus kbangensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
- Melocalamus mastersii (Munro) R.B.Majumdar - Assam
- Melocalamus ningmingensis Ohrnb. - Guangxi
- Melocalamus pacoensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
- Melocalamus scandens Hsueh & C.M.Hui - Yunnan
- Melocalamus truongsonensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
- Melocalamus yenbaiensis H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran - Vietnam
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see Dinochloa
- Melocalamus macclellandii - Dinochloa macclellandii