Olyra (plant)

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
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 L.
Synonyms[1]
Mapira Adans.

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

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

• Olyra axillaris - Lithachne pauciflora
• Olyra blanchetii - Parodiolyra ramosissima
• Olyra brasiliensis (Bertol.) Spreng. 1827 not Desv. 1831 - Raddia brasiliensis
• Olyra capillata - Cryptochloa capillata
• Olyra concinna - Cryptochloa concinna
• Olyra flaccida - Arberella flaccida
• Olyra floribunda - Raddia brasiliensis
• Olyra hoehnei - Raddia brasiliensis
• Olyra lancifolia - Agnesia lancifolia
• Olyra lateralis - Parodiolyra lateralis
• Olyra luetzelburgii - Parodiolyra luetzelburgii
• Olyra malmeana - Raddiella malmeana
• Olyra micrantha - Parodiolyra micrantha
• Olyra nana - Raddiella esenbeckii
• Olyra ovata - Ichnanthus panicoides
• Olyra pauciflora - Lithachne pauciflora
• Olyra pinetii - Lithachne pinetii
• Olyra podachne - Cryptochloa capillata
• Olyra polypodioides - Raddia distichophylla
• Olyra ramosissima - Parodiolyra ramosissima
• Olyra sampaiana - Sucrea sampaiana
• Olyra sarmentosa - Parodiolyra lateralis
• Olyra strephioides - Piresiella strephioides
• Olyra strictiflora - Cryptochloa strictiflora
• Olyra sympodica - Piresia sympodica
• Olyra urbaniana - Raddia guianensis