Olmeca
Genus of grasses
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Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.[1][2]
| Olmeca | |
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| Olmeca recta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Guaduinae |
| Genus: | Olmeca Soderstr. 1982 |
| Type species | |
| Olmeca reflexa Soderstr. 1982 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- 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