Elytrostachys

Genus of grasses

Elytrostachys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Arthrostylidiinae
Genus: Elytrostachys
McClure
Type species
Elytrostachys typica
McClure

Elytrostachys is a genus of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae), found in the rainforests from Honduras to Venezuela.[1][2]

Species[3][4]
  1. Elytrostachys clavigera McClure - Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Colombia
  2. Elytrostachys typica McClure - Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela

References

  1. ^ McClure, Floyd Alonzo. 1942. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32(6): 173-179 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, line drawings of both species
  2. ^ Tropicos, Elytrostachys McClure
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Elytrostachys
Taxon identifiers
Elytrostachys