Otachyrium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paspaleae
Subtribus: Otachyriinae
Genus: Otachyrium
Species: O. aquaticum – O. boliviensis – O. grandiflorum – O. piligerum – O. pterigodium – O. pterygodium – O. seminudum – O. succisum – O. versicolor
Name

Otachyrium Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 271 (1829)
Type species: Otachyrium pterigodium (Trin.) Pilg., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 239 (1931)

References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1829) Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 271–272.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Otachyrium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Otachyrium. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Otachyrium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Otachyrium. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Otachyrium is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]

Species[4]

Otachyrium aquaticum Send. & Soderstr. - Bahia, Minas Gerais
Otachyrium boliviense Renvoize - Bolivia
Otachyrium grandiflorum Send. & Soderstr. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Goiás, Amazonas, D.F., Roraima)
Otachyrium inaequale Pilg. - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil
Otachyrium piligerum Send. & Soderstr. - Goiás
Otachyrium pterigodium (Trin.) Pilg. - Minas Gerais, Amazonas, D.F.
Otachyrium seminudum Send. & Soderstr. - Goiás, Mato Grosso, D.F.
Otachyrium versicolor (Döll) Henrard - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones)

References

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel 1829. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 271–273 in Latin; note that page 271 is misnumbered as 273
Tropicos, Otachyrium Nees
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families