Olyra (plant) explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Species

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• Olyra amapana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil(Amapá, Rondônia, Amazonas), Venezuela (Amazonas))
• Olyra bahiensis R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia
• Olyra buchtienii Hack. - Peru, Bolivia
• Olyra caudata Trin. - Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
• Olyra ciliatifolia Raddi - Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
• Olyra davidseana Judz. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
• Olyra ecaudata Döll - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
• Olyra fasciculata Trin. - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Misiones)
  • Olyra filiformis Trin. - Bahia Olyra glaberrima Raddi - Mexico, Central America, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
• Olyra holttumiana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
• Olyra humilis Nees - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
• Olyra juruana Mez - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru (Loreto, Cusco, Pasco)
• Olyra latifolia L. - tropical Africa (Senegal to Zimbabwe), Comoros, Madagascar, Americas (Mexico to Paraguay + West Indies)
• Olyra latispicula Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
• Olyra longifolia Kunth - tropical South America
  • Olyra loretensis Mez - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil Olyra maranonensis Swallen - Peru
• Olyra obliquifolia Steud. - Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão)
• Olyra retrorsa Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Mato Grosso
• Olyra standleyi Hitchc. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
• Olyra tamanquareana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Amazonas)
• Olyra taquara Swallen - Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, D.F., Pará)
• Olyra wurdackii Swallen - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)

formerly included

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587172#page/559/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1253, 1261, 1379
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031494 Tropicos, Olyra L.
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00428.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372
7. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
8. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Olyra The Plant List search for Olyra
9. 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