Actinocladum is a South American genus of bamboo in the grass family.[2]

Actinocladum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arthrostylidiinae
Genus: Actinocladum
McClure ex Soderstr.
Species:
A. verticillatum
Binomial name
Actinocladum verticillatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Arundinaria verticillata Nees in C.F.P.von Martius
  • Ludolfia verticillata (Nees) A.Dietr.
  • Rhipidocladum verticillatum (Nees) McClure
Species

The only known species is Actinocladum verticillatum.[1] The species is widespread across Bolivia and much of Brazil.[3][4][5][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Soderstrom, Thomas Robert. 1981. Observations on a fire-adapted bamboo of the Brazilian cerrado, Actinocladum verticillatum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). American Journal of Botany 68(9): 1200–1211.
  3. ^ Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372
  4. ^ Filgueiras, T. S. & A. P. Santos-Gonçalves. 2004. A checklist of the basal grasses and bamboos in Brazil (Poaceae). Journal of the American Bamboo Society 18(1): 7–18.
  5. ^ Filgueiras, T. S. 1991. A floristic analysis of the Gramineae of Brazil's Distrito Federal and a list of the species occurring in the area. Edinburgh J. Bot. 48: 73–80
  6. ^ Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramíneas de Bolivia1–644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew