Olyra (plant)


Olyra is a genus of tropical bamboos in the grass family. It is native primarily to the Western Hemisphere, with one species extending into Africa.
;Species
  1. Olyra amapana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil, Venezuela )
  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
  6. Olyra davidseana Judz. & Zuloaga - Brazil
  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
  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
  13. Olyra juruana Mez - Brazil, Peru
  14. Olyra latifolia L. - tropical Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Americas
  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
  20. Olyra retrorsa Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Mato Grosso
  21. Olyra standleyi Hitchc. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
  22. Olyra tamanquareana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil
  23. Olyra taquara Swallen - Brazil
  24. Olyra wurdackii Swallen - Venezuela, Brazil
;formerly included
see Agnesia Arberella Cryptochloa Ichnanthus Lithachne Parodiolyra Piresia Piresiella Raddia Raddiella Sucrea