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Elytrostachys

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Genus of grasses

Elytrostachys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arthrostylidiinae
Genus: Elytrostachys
McClure
Type species
Elytrostachys typica
McClure

Elytrostachys is a genus of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae), found in the rainforests from Honduras to Venezuela.

Species
  1. Elytrostachys clavigera McClureCosta Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia
  2. Elytrostachys typica McClureHonduras, Colombia, Venezuela

References

  1. McClure, Floyd Alonzo. 1942. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32(6): 173-179 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, line drawings of both species
  2. Tropicos, Elytrostachys McClure
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. The Plant List search for Elytrostachys
Taxon identifiers
Elytrostachys
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