Merostachys
| Merostachys | |
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| Merostachys procerrima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Arthrostylidiinae |
| Genus: | Merostachys Spreng. 1824 not Nakai 1935 (Crassulaceae) |
| Type species | |
| Merostachys speciosa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Brasilocalamus Nakai | |
Merostachys is a Neotropical genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is found in South America and Central America from Belize to Paraguay.
Species
59 species are accepted.
- Merostachys abadiana Send.
- Merostachys annulifera Send.
- Merostachys argentea Send.
- Merostachys argyronema Lindm.
- Merostachys bifurcata Send.
- Merostachys brevigluma Send.
- Merostachys brevispica Munro
- Merostachys burmanii Send.
- Merostachys cachimboensis Lopes-Neto & P.L.Viana
- Merostachys calderoniana Send.
- Merostachys caucaiana Send.
- Merostachys ciliata McClure & L.B.Sm.
- Merostachys claussenii Munro
- Merostachys delicatula R.S.Andrade, Pianiss., Vinic.-Silva & R.P.Oliveira
- Merostachys espessae Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys exserta Munro
- Merostachys filgueirasii Send.
- Merostachys fimbriata Send.
- Merostachys fimbriolaminata Vinic.-Silva, Cupert.-Eisenl. & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys fischeriana Rupr. ex Döll
- Merostachys fistulosa Döll
- Merostachys glauca McClure & L.B.Sm.
- Merostachys judziewiczii Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys kleinii Send.
- Merostachys kunthii Rupr.
- Merostachys lage-vianae Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys lanata Send.
- Merostachys latifolia R.W.Pohl
- Merostachys leptophylla Send.
- Merostachys magellanica Send.
- Merostachys magnispicula Send.
- Merostachys maguireorum McClure
- Merostachys medullosa Send.
- Merostachys mexicana Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark
- Merostachys multiramea Hack.
- Merostachys neesii Rupr.
- Merostachys nigricans I.Jiménez & Viníc.-Silva
- Merostachys pauciflora Swallen
- Merostachys petiolata Döll
- Merostachys pilifera Send.
- Merostachys pluriflora Munro ex E.G.Camus
- Merostachys polyantha McClure
- Merostachys ramosa Pianiss., Vinic.-Silva & L.G.Clark
- Merostachys procerrima Send.
- Merostachys ramosissima Send.
- Merostachys retrorsa McClure
- Merostachys riedeliana Rupr. ex Döll
- Merostachys rondoniensis Send.
- Merostachys scandens Send.
- Merostachys sellovii Munro
- Merostachys skvortzovii Send.
- Merostachys soderstromii Vinic.-Silva, L.G.Clark & Santos-Gonç.
- Merostachys sparsiflora Rupr.
- Merostachys speciosa Spreng.
- Merostachys tatianae Santos-Gonç., Carv.-Okano & Filg.
- Merostachys ternata Nees
- Merostachys vestita McClure & L.B.Sm.
- Merostachys ximenae Pianiss., Vinic.-Silva & L.G.Clark
- Merostachys yungasensis Lizarazu
- Formerly included
see Athroostachys Rhipidocladum
- Merostachys capitata - Athroostachys capitata
- Merostachys racemiflora - Rhipidocladum racemiflorum
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1824. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 1: 132, 249 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Merostachys Spreng.
- ↑ Sendulsky, T. 1997. Twelve new species of Merostachys (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) from Brazil. Novon 7(3): 285–307
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Londoño, X. & L. G. Clark. 1998. Eight new taxa and two new reports of Bambuseae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from Colombia. Novon 8(4): 408–428
- ↑ McClure, F. A. & L.B. Smith. 1967. Gramíneas -- Suplemento. Bambúseas. 1(GRAM–Supl.): 1–78. In P. R. Reitz (ed.) Flora Ilustrada Catarinense. Herbário "Barbosa Rodrigues", Itajaí, Brasil
- ↑ "Merostachys Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ↑ Judziewicz, E. J. 2000. Merostachys. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 39: 71–75
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