Poaceae

Olyra L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1261 (1759)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America, Tropical Africa, Comoros, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 1261 (1759).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1261 (1759).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Syst. Nat., ed. 10: 1261 (1759)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2013 Daly, D.C.; Callejas, R.; Silva, M.G.; Taylor, E.L.; Rosário, C.; Santos, M.R. [1937] Brazil K000997079 Yes
Nov 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [1145] Brazil K000433332 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1967 Grassl, C.O. [10029] Colombia K001471998 Yes
Oct 1, 1967 Grassl, C.O. [10029] Colombia K001471997 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Russell, G.F.; Hage, J. [2197] Brazil K000001012 Yes
Calderon, C.E.; Santos, T.S.; de Oliveira, L.B. [2411] Brazil K000018985 Yes
Calderón, C.E.; Soderstrom, T.R. [2292] Brazil K000997078 Yes
Havinga, A.M.; Iharivolana [AMH 058] Madagascar K001765316 No
Calderón, C.E.; Soderstrom, T.R. [2353] Brazil K000997077 Yes
Fraga, C.N. [2215] Brazil K001077608 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Pereira, J.B.; Santos, A.J.B.; Santos, E.A. [16147] Brazil K001589204 Yes
Calderón, C.E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [223] Brazil K000997074 Yes
Calderón, C.E.; Soderstrom, T.R. [2353] Brazil K000997076 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [1233] Brazil K000997072 Yes
Gardner [0] Brazil K000018991 Yes
Ule, E. [9146] Bolivia K000997071 Yes
Calderon, C.E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [2223] Brazil K000001011 Yes
Gardner [1893] Brazil K000018990 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [2199] Brazil K000001010 Yes
Calderón, E.; Pinheiro, R.S. [2223] Brazil K000997073 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000433347 Type Yes
Zapfack, L. [893] Cameroon K000460082 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [2197] Brazil K000997075 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0