''Dinochloa'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of tropical clumping high-climbing

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...

s in the

grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

. These species bear

zigzag A zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular. In geometry, this pattern is described as a ...

culms and fleshy fruits. They are found in the hill forests and lowland

dipterocarp Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indo ...

forest of southern

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, and the eastern part of the

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. ;SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Maclurochloa ''Maclurochloa'' is a genus of bamboo. It includes four species native to Peninsular Malaysia and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an ...

Melocalamus ''Melocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family. It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below th ...

'' * ''Dinochloa compactiflora - Melocalamus compactiflorus'' * ''Dinochloa elevatissima -

Melocalamus elevatissimus ''Melocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family. It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the ...

'' * ''Dinochloa gracilis -

Melocalamus mastersii ''Melocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family. It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the ...

'' * ''Dinochloa indica -

Melocalamus indicus ''Melocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboos in the grass family. It is found in lowland areas of Southern China, Indochina, and the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the ...

'' * ''Dinochloa major - Cyrtochloa major'' * ''Dinochloa montana -

Maclurochloa montana ''Maclurochloa'' is a genus of bamboo. It includes four species native to Peninsular Malaysia and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3310047 Bambusoideae genera Flora of the Indomalayan realm Bambusoideae