Rhipidocladum

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Rhipidocladum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Supertribe: Bambusodae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arthrostylidiinae
Genus: Rhipidocladum
McClure
Species
  • Rhipidocladum abregoensis
  • Rhipidocladum ampliflorum
  • Rhipidocladum angustiflorum
  • Rhipidocladum bartlettii
  • Rhipidocladum clarkiae
  • Rhipidocladum geminatum
  • Rhipidocladum harmonicum
  • Rhipidocladum longispiculatum
  • Rhipidocladum martinezii
  • Rhipidocladum maxonii
  • Rhipidocladum neumannii
  • Rhipidocladum pacuarense
  • Rhipidocladum panamense
  • Rhipidocladum parviflorum
  • Rhipidocladum pittieri
  • Rhipidocladum prestoei
  • Rhipidocladum racemiflorum
  • Rhipidocladum sibilans

Rhipidocladum is a genus of New World woody bamboo (subfamily Bambusoideae of the family Poaceae). It comprises 18 species, found in Central and South America. The genus is characterized by 1) erect, non-pseudopetiolate culm leaves, 2) numerous branchlets arising in an apsidate (fan-like) array, and 3) fruits being true caryopses. The name is derived from the Greek rhipid meaning "fanlike" and clad meaning "branch" [1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ McClure, F.A. 1973. Genera of bamboos native to the New World (Gramineae: Bambusoideae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 9: 1--148.