Rhipidocladum

Taxobox
name = "Rhipidocladum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Bambusoideae
supertribus = Bambusodae
tribus = Bambuseae
subtribus = Arthrostylidiinae
genus = "Rhipidocladum"
genus_authority = McClure
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Rhipidocladum abregoensis"
*"Rhipidocladum ampliflorum"
*"Rhipidocladum angustiflorum"
*"Rhipidocladum bartlettii"
*"Rhipidocladum clarkiae"
*"Rhipidocladum geminatum"
*"Rhipidocladum harmonicum"
*"Rhipidocladum longispiculatum"
*"Rhipidocladum martinezii"
*"Rhipidocladum maxonii"
*"Rhipidocladum neumannii"
*"Rhipidocladum pacuarense"
*"Rhipidocladum panamense"
*"Rhipidocladum parviflorum"
*"Rhipidocladum pittieri"
*"Rhipidocladum prestoei"
*"Rhipidocladum racemiflorum"
*"Rhipidocladum sibilans"

"Rhipidocladum" is a genus of New World woody bamboo (subfamily Bambusoideae of the family Poaceae). It comprises 18 species, found in Central 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" [McClure, F.A. 1973. Genera of bamboos native to the New World (Gramineae: Bambusoideae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 9: 1--148.] .

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