''Ochlandra'' 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 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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 ...

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 ...

). The species are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the Western Ghats (

), except for one species from

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. ;SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Cathariostachys ''Cathariostachys'' is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family. ;Species # '' Cathariostachys capitata'' - eastern Madagascar # ''Cathariostachys madagascariensis'' (A.Camus) S.Dransf. - central Madagascar Madagascar, offici ...

Nastus ''Nastus'' is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Réunion). ;Species ;formerly included see ''Arundin ...

Schizostachyum ''Schizostachyum'' is a tall or shrub-like tropical genus of bamboo. They are natives mostly of tropical Asia and Papuasia, with a few species in Madagascar and on certain islands in the Pacific. A few have become naturalized in other tropical ...

Valiha The valiha is a tube zither from Madagascar made from a species of Valiha diffusa, local bamboo; it is considered the "List of national instruments (music), national instrument" of Madagascar. The term is also used to describe a number of re ...

'' * ''Ochlandra capitata'' - ''

Cathariostachys capitata ''Cathariostachys'' is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family. ;Species # '' Cathariostachys capitata'' - eastern Madagascar # ''Cathariostachys madagascariensis'' (A.Camus) S.Dransf. - central Madagascar Madagascar, offici ...

'' * ''Ochlandra elegantissima - Nastus elegantissimus'' * ''Ochlandra perrieri - Valiha perrieri'' * ''Ochlandra ridleyi - Schizostachyum latifolium''

References

Bambusoideae Bambusoideae genera Flora of the Indian subcontinent {{Bamboo-stub