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.Linnaeus, Carl von 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1253, 1261, 1379 in LatinTropicos, Olyra L.Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraDavidse, G. 1994. 14. Olyra L. 6: 210–212. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.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.Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
Species The Plant List search for OlyraSoderstrom, T. R. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1989. A revision of the genus Olyra and the new segregate genus Parodiolyra (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 69: 1–79 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 and Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador Olyra ciliatifolia Raddi - Trinidad and 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
see Agnesia Arberella Cryptochloa Ichnanthus Lithachne Parodiolyra Piresia Piresiella Raddia Raddiella Sucrea
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