Merostachys
Appearance
Merostachys | |
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Merostachys procerrima | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
Tribe: | Bambuseae |
Subtribe: | Arthrostylidiinae |
Genus: | Merostachys Spreng. 1824 not Nakai 1935 (Crassulaceae) |
Type species | |
Merostachys speciosa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Brasilocalamus Nakai |
Merostachys is a Neotropical genus of bamboo in the grass family.[2][3] It is found in South America and Central America from Belize to Paraguay.[4][5][6][7]
- Merostachys abadiana
- Merostachys annulifera
- Merostachys argentea
- Merostachys argyronema
- Merostachys bifurcata
- Merostachys brevigluma
- Merostachys brevispica
- Merostachys burmanii
- Merostachys calderoniana
- Merostachys caucaiana
- Merostachys ciliata
- Merostachys claussenii
- Merostachys exserta
- Merostachys filgueirasii
- Merostachys fimbriata
- Merostachys fischeriana
- Merostachys fistulosa
- Merostachys glauca
- Merostachys kleinii
- Merostachys kunthii
- Merostachys lanata
- Merostachys latifolia
- Merostachys leptophylla
- Merostachys magellanica
- Merostachys magnispicula
- Merostachys maguireorum
- Merostachys medullosa
- Merostachys multiramea
- Merostachys neesii
- Merostachys pauciflora
- Merostachys petiolata
- Merostachys pilifera
- Merostachys pluriflora
- Merostachys polyantha
- Merostachys procerrima
- Merostachys ramosissima
- Merostachys retrorsa
- Merostachys riedeliana
- Merostachys rondoniensis
- Merostachys scandens
- Merostachys skvortzovii
- Merostachys sparsiflora
- Merostachys speciosa
- Merostachys ternata
- Merostachys vestita
- Formerly included[1]
see Athroostachys Rhipidocladum
- Merostachys capitata - Athroostachys capitata
- Merostachys racemiflora - Rhipidocladum racemiflorum
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1824. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 1: 132, 249 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Merostachys Spreng.
- ^ Sendulsky, T. 1997. Twelve new species of Merostachys (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) from Brazil. Novon 7(3): 285–307
- ^ 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
- ^ Londoño, X. & L. G. Clark. 1998. Eight new taxa and two new reports of Bambuseae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from Colombia. Novon 8(4): 408–428
- ^ McClure, F. A. & L.B. Smith. 1967. Gramíneas -- Suplemento. Bambúseas. 1(GRAM–Supl.): 1–78. In P. R. Reitz (ed.) Flora Ilustrada Catarinense. Herbário "Barbosa Rodrigues", Itajaí, Brasil
- ^ The Plant List search for Merostachys
- ^ Judziewicz, E. J. 2000. Merostachys. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 39: 71–75