Thamnocalamus is a genus of clumping bamboo in the grass family.

[3] These species are found from the Himalayas as well as Madagascar and Southern Africa.

[4][5] Thamnocalamus is closely related to Fargesia.

The two genera are sometimes regarded as a single genus by some authors.

[6] see Chimonobambusa Drepanostachyum Fargesia Himalayacalamus Neomicrocalamus Pleioblastus Pseudosasa