Merostachys
Genus of grasses
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Merostachys is a Neotropical genus of bamboo in the grass family.[2][3] It is found in South America and Central America from Belize to Paraguay.[4][5][6][7]
| Merostachys | |
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| Merostachys procerrima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Arthrostylidiinae |
| Genus: | Merostachys Spreng. 1824 not Nakai 1935 (Crassulaceae) |
| Type species | |
| Merostachys speciosa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Brasilocalamus Nakai | |
Species
59 species are accepted.[8][9]
- Merostachys abadiana Send.
- Merostachys annulifera Send.
- Merostachys argentea Send.
- Merostachys argyronema Lindm.
- Merostachys bifurcata Send.
- Merostachys brevigluma Send.
- Merostachys brevispica Munro
- Merostachys burmanii Send.
- Merostachys cachimboensis Lopes-Neto & P.L.Viana
- Merostachys calderoniana Send.
- Merostachys caucaiana Send.
- Merostachys ciliata McClure & L.B.Sm.
- Merostachys claussenii Munro
- Merostachys delicatula R.S.Andrade, Pianiss., Vinic.-Silva & R.P.Oliveira
- Merostachys espessae Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys exserta Munro
- Merostachys filgueirasii Send.
- Merostachys fimbriata Send.
- Merostachys fimbriolaminata Vinic.-Silva, Cupert.-Eisenl. & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys fischeriana Rupr. ex Döll
- Merostachys fistulosa Döll
- Merostachys glauca McClure & L.B.Sm.
- Merostachys judziewiczii Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys kleinii Send.
- Merostachys kunthii Rupr.
- Merostachys lage-vianae Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys lanata Send.
- Merostachys latifolia R.W.Pohl
- Merostachys leptophylla Send.
- Merostachys magellanica Send.
- Merostachys magnispicula Send.
- Merostachys maguireorum McClure
- Merostachys medullosa Send.
- Merostachys mexicana Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark
- Merostachys multiramea Hack.
- Merostachys neesii Rupr.
- Merostachys nigricans I.Jiménez & Viníc.-Silva
- Merostachys pauciflora Swallen
- Merostachys petiolata Döll
- Merostachys pilifera Send.
- Merostachys pluriflora Munro ex E.G.Camus
- Merostachys polyantha McClure
- Merostachys ramosa Pianiss., Vinic.-Silva & L.G.Clark
- Merostachys procerrima Send.
- Merostachys ramosissima Send.
- Merostachys retrorsa McClure
- Merostachys riedeliana Rupr. ex Döll
- Merostachys rondoniensis Send.
- Merostachys scandens Send.
- Merostachys sellovii Munro
- Merostachys skvortzovii Send.
- Merostachys soderstromii Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys sparsiflora Rupr.
- Merostachys speciosa Spreng.
- Merostachys tatianae Santos-Gonç., Carv.-Okano & Filg.
- Merostachys ternata Nees
- Merostachys vestita McClure & L.B.Sm.
- Merostachys ximenae Pianiss., Vinic.-Silva & L.G.Clark
- Merostachys yungasensis Lizarazu
- Formerly included[1]
see Athroostachys Rhipidocladum
- Merostachys capitata - Athroostachys capitata
- Merostachys racemiflora - Rhipidocladum racemiflorum
