Eremocaulon is a genus of Brazilian bamboo in the grass family.[3][4]

Eremocaulon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Guaduinae
Genus: Eremocaulon
Soderstr. & Londoño
Type species
Eremocaulon aureofimbriatum[1]
Synonyms[2]

Criciuma Soderstr. & Londoño

Species[2][5]
  1. Eremocaulon amazonicum Londoño - Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia
  2. Eremocaulon asymmetricum (Soderstr. & Londoño) Londoño - Bahia
  3. Eremocaulon aureofimbriatum Soderstr. & Londoño - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  4. Eremocaulon capitatum (Trin.) Londoño - Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
Formerly included[2]

see Aulonemia

References edit

  1. ^ Judziewicz, E. J. 2000. Eremocaulon. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39: 57
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Soderstrom, Thomas Robert & Londoño, Ximena. 1987. Two new genera of Brazilian bamboos related to Guadua (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae. American Journal of Botany 74(1): 27–39
  4. ^ Tropicos, Soderstr. & Londoño
  5. ^ Londoño, X. & L. G. Clark. 2002. A revision of the Brazilian bamboo genus Eremocaulon (Poaceae: Bambuseae: Guaduinae). Systematic Botany 27(4): 703–721.