What is "rhipidocladum"

Rhipidocladum is a genus of New World woody bamboo in the grass family). It found in Mesoamerica, Trinidad, and South America. The genus is characterized by 1) erect, non-pseudopetiolate culm leaves, 2) numerous branchlets arising in an apsidate (fan-like) array, and 3) fruits being true caryopses. The name is derived from the Greek rhipid meaning "fanlike" and clad meaning "branch".

1. Rhipidocladum abregoensis - Norte de Santander
2. Rhipidocladum ampliflorum - Venezuela
3. Rhipidocladum angustiflorum - Colombia, Venezuela
4. Rhipidocladum bartlettii - Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
5. Rhipidocladum clarkiae - Costa Rica
6. Rhipidocladum harmonicum - from southern Mexico to Bolivia
7. Rhipidocladum martinezii - Chiapas
8. Rhipidocladum maxonii - Costa Rica, Guyana
9. Rhipidocladum neumannii - Argentina ( Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia ( La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
10. Rhipidocladum pacuarense - Nicaragua, Costa Rica
11. Rhipidocladum panamense - Panamá
12. Rhipidocladum parviflorum - Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Bolivia, Brazil, Panamá
13. Rhipidocladum pittieri - from Michoacán to Panamá
14. Rhipidocladum prestoei - Trinidad
15. Rhipidocladum racemiflorum - from Tucumán to Tamaulipas
16. Rhipidocladum sibilans - Venezuela, Guyana

see Actinocladum Didymogonyx

• Rhipidocladum geminatum - Didymogonyx geminatum
• Rhipidocladum longispiculatum - Didymogonyx longispiculatum
• Rhipidocladum verticillatum - Actinocladum verticillatum