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Olyra (plant)

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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.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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Olyra
Olyra latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Olyra
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Type species
Olyra latifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Mapira Adans.
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Species

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Formerly included

[1] see Agnesia Arberella Cryptochloa Ichnanthus Lithachne Parodiolyra Piresia Piresiella Raddia Raddiella Sucrea

  • Olyra axillaris - Lithachne pauciflora
  • Olyra blanchetii - Parodiolyra ramosissima
  • Olyra brasiliensis (Bertol.) Spreng. 1827 not Desv. 1831 - Raddia brasiliensis
  • Olyra capillata - Cryptochloa capillata
  • Olyra concinna - Cryptochloa concinna
  • Olyra flaccida - Arberella flaccida
  • Olyra floribunda - Raddia brasiliensis
  • Olyra hoehnei - Raddia brasiliensis
  • Olyra lancifolia - Agnesia lancifolia
  • Olyra lateralis - Parodiolyra lateralis
  • Olyra luetzelburgii - Parodiolyra luetzelburgii
  • Olyra malmeana - Raddiella malmeana
  • Olyra micrantha - Parodiolyra micrantha
  • Olyra nana - Raddiella esenbeckii
  • Olyra ovata - Ichnanthus panicoides
  • Olyra pauciflora - Lithachne pauciflora
  • Olyra pinetii - Lithachne pinetii
  • Olyra podachne - Cryptochloa capillata
  • Olyra polypodioides - Raddia distichophylla
  • Olyra ramosissima - Parodiolyra ramosissima
  • Olyra sampaiana - Sucrea sampaiana
  • Olyra sarmentosa - Parodiolyra lateralis
  • Olyra strephioides - Piresiella strephioides
  • Olyra strictiflora - Cryptochloa strictiflora
  • Olyra sympodica - Piresia sympodica
  • Olyra urbaniana - Raddia guianensis

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