Myriocladus
| Myriocladus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Arthrostylidiinae |
| Genus: | Myriocladus Swallen |
| Type species | |
| Myriocladus virgatus | |
Myriocladus is a South American genus of bamboo in the grass family.[3] It is found in the sandstone tablelands of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and northern Brazil.[4][5]
Species
[edit]13 species are accepted.[6][7]
- Myriocladus caburaiensis Alfonso & P.L.Viana
- Myriocladus cardonae Swallen
- Myriocladus churunensis Swallen
- Myriocladus distantiflorus Swallen
- Myriocladus exsertus Swallen
- Myriocladus grandifolius Swallen
- Myriocladus involutus Judz. & Davidse
- Myriocladus longiramosus Swallen
- Myriocladus neblinaensus Swallen
- Myriocladus paludicola Swallen
- Myriocladus simplex Swallen
- Myriocladus steyermarkii Swallen
- Myriocladus virgatus Swallen
References
[edit]- ↑ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6: 205 (1957)
- ↑ Tropicos, Myriocladus Swallen
- ↑ Swallen, Jason Richard. 1951. Fieldiana, Botany 28(1): 34
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Judziewicz, E. J. 1998. A revision of Myriocladus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae). Brittonia 50(4): 430–446.
- ↑ "Myriocladus Swallen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ↑ Judziewicz, E. J. 2000. Myriocladus. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39: 76–78.