Myriocladus
Myriocladus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
Tribe: | Bambuseae |
Subtribe: | Arthrostylidiinae |
Genus: | Myriocladus Swallen |
Type species | |
Myriocladus virgatus |
Myriocladus is a South American genus of bamboo in the grass family.[3] It is found in the sandstone tablelands of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and northern Brazil.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6: 205 (1957)
- ^ Tropicos, Myriocladus Swallen
- ^ Swallen, Jason Richard. 1951. Fieldiana, Botany 28(1): 34
- ^ 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.
- ^ Judziewicz, E. J. 1998. A revision of Myriocladus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae). Brittonia 50(4): 430–446.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Myriocladus
- ^ Judziewicz, E. J. 2000. Myriocladus. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39: 76–78.