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Olmeca

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Olmeca
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Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.[1][2]

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Olmeca is the only known New World bamboo having large fleshy fruits. It also has rhizomes with long necks and very open clumps.[3]

The genus is named for the Olmec peoples of southern Mexico, who thrived in southern Mexico in the first millennium BCE.[2][4]

Species[5][6][7]
  • Olmeca clarkiae (Davidse & R.W.Pohl) Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés - Chiapas, Honduras
  • Olmeca fulgor (Soderstr.) Ruiz-Sanchez - Oaxaca
  • Olmeca recta Soderstr. - Veracruz
  • Olmeca reflexa Soderstr. - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
  • Olmeca zapotecorum Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés - Oaxaca
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