''Ochlandra'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...

in the

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

). The species are

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to the Western Ghats (

), except for one species from

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. ;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 (; mg, ...

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 ''Arundi ...

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 local bamboo; it is considered the " national instrument" of Madagascar. The term is also used to describe a number of related zithers of differing shapes and materials. Th ...

'' * ''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 (; mg, ...

'' * ''Ochlandra elegantissima - Nastus elegantissimus'' * ''Ochlandra perrieri -

Valiha perrieri The valiha is a tube zither from Madagascar made from a species of local bamboo; it is considered the " national instrument" of Madagascar. The term is also used to describe a number of related zithers of differing shapes and materials. Th ...

'' * ''Ochlandra ridleyi - Schizostachyum latifolium''

References

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