Olyra is a genus of tropical bamboos in the grass family. It is native primarily to the Western Hemisphere, with one species extending into Africa.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Olyra
Olyra latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Olyra
L.
Type species
Olyra latifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Mapira Adans.

Species

edit

[1][9][10]

formerly included

edit

[1] see Agnesia Arberella Cryptochloa Ichnanthus Lithachne Parodiolyra Piresia Piresiella Raddia Raddiella Sucrea

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1253, 1261, 1379 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Olyra L.
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Davidse, G. 1994. 14. Olyra L. 6: 210–212. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372
  8. ^ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  9. ^ The Plant List search for Olyra
  10. ^ Soderstrom, T. R. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1989. A revision of the genus Olyra and the new segregate genus Parodiolyra (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 69: 1–79