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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".

Species
  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
formerly included

see Actinocladum Didymogonyx

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