Olyra (plant)

Olyra
Olyra latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Olyra L.
Type species
Olyra latifolia L.
Synonyms[1]
Mapira Adans.

Olyra is a genus of tropical plants 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]}

Species^[1][9][10]

1. Olyra amapana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil(Amapá, Rondônia, Amazonas), Venezuela (Amazonas))
2. Olyra bahiensis R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia
3. Olyra buchtienii Hack. - Peru, Bolivia
4. Olyra caudata Trin. - Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
5. Olyra ciliatifolia Raddi - Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
6. Olyra davidseana Judz. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
7. Olyra ecaudata Döll - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
8. Olyra fasciculata Trin. - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Misiones)
9. Olyra filiformis Trin. - Bahia
10. Olyra glaberrima Raddi - Mexico, Central America, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
11. Olyra holttumiana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
12. Olyra humilis Nees - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
13. Olyra juruana Mez - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru (Loreto, Cusco, Pasco)
14. Olyra latifolia L. - tropical Africa (Senegal to Zimbabwe), Comoros, Madagascar, Americas (Mexico to Paraguay + West Indies)
15. Olyra latispicula Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
16. Olyra longifolia Kunth - tropical South America
17. Olyra loretensis Mez - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
18. Olyra maranonensis Swallen - Peru
19. Olyra obliquifolia Steud. - Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão)
20. Olyra retrorsa Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Mato Grosso
21. Olyra standleyi Hitchc. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
22. Olyra tamanquareana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Amazonas)
23. Olyra taquara Swallen - Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, D.F., Pará)
24. Olyra wurdackii Swallen - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)

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

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Linnaeus, Carl von 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1253, 1261, 1379 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Olyra L.
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Davidse, G. 1994. 14. Olyra L. 6: 210–212. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
6. 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.
7. Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372
8. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
9. The Plant List search for Olyra
10. Soderstrom, T. R. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1989. A revision of the genus Olyra and the new segregate genus Parodiolyra (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 69: 1–79