Piresia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Olyreae
Subtribus: Olyrinae
Genus: Piresia
Species: P. goeldii – P. leptophylla – P. macrophylla – P. palmula – P. sympodica
Name

Piresia Swallen, Phytologia 11: 152 (1964)
Type species: Piresia goeldii Swallen, Phytologia 11: 153 (1964)

References

Swallen, J.R. (1964) Phytologia 11(3): 152.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Piresia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Jan. 3. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2014. GrassWorld, Piresia. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Jan. 3.
Tropicos.org 2014. Piresia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Jan. 3.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Piresia. Published online. Accessed: 3 Jan. 2014.

Piresia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species[6][7]

Piresia goeldii Swallen - French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru (Loreto), Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia)
Piresia leptophylla Soderstr. - Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Brazil(Pernambuco, Amazonas, Bahia), Trinidad & Tobago
Piresia macrophylla Soderstr. - French Guiana, Peru (San Martín, Loreto), Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia, Acre)
Piresia palmula M.L.S.Carvalho & R.P.Oliveira - Brazil (Bahia)
Piresia sympodica (Döll) Swallen - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago

References

Swallen, Jason Richard 1964. Two new genera of Olyreae from South America. Phytologia 11(3): 152-154 in English except short descriptions in Latin
Tropicos, Piresia Swallen
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2000. Nuevos registros de Bambúes herbáceos (Poaceae) para la Flora de Colombia. Hickenia 3(16): 55–56
Soderstrom, T. R. 1982. New species of Cryptochloa and Piresia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Brittonia 34(2): 199–209
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Piresia