Olyra

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: Olyra
Species: O. amapana – O. bahiensis – O. buchtienii – O. caudata – O. ciliatifolia – O. davidseana – O. ecaudata – O. fasciculata – O. filiformis – O. glaberrima – O. holttumiana – O. humilis – O. jubata – O. juruana – O. latifolia – O. latispicula – O. longifolia – O. loretensis – O. maranonensis – O. obliquifolia – O. retrorsa – O. standleyi – O. tamanquareana – O. taquara – O. wurdackii
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

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

Type species: Olyra latifolia L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1261. (1759)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Mapira Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 39, 574 (1763), nom. superfl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: America & Africa
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

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1253, 1261, 1379.

Additional references

WCVP 2022. Olyra in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 26. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Olyra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 21. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Olyra (Poaceae). Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 21.
Tropicos.org 2013. Olyra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Olyra. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: carrycillo
മലയാളം: ഒലിറ

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.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Species

[1][9][10]

Olyra amapana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil(Amapá, Rondônia, Amazonas), Venezuela (Amazonas))
Olyra bahiensis R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia
Olyra buchtienii Hack. - Peru, Bolivia
Olyra caudata Trin. - Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
Olyra ciliatifolia Raddi - Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
Olyra davidseana Judz. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
Olyra ecaudata Döll - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
Olyra fasciculata Trin. - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Misiones)
Olyra filiformis Trin. - Bahia
Olyra glaberrima Raddi - Mexico, Central America, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
Olyra holttumiana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
Olyra humilis Nees - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
Olyra juruana Mez - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru (Loreto, Cusco, Pasco)
Olyra latifolia L. - tropical Africa (Senegal to Zimbabwe), Comoros, Madagascar, Americas (Mexico to Paraguay + West Indies)
Olyra latispicula Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
Olyra longifolia Kunth - tropical South America
Olyra loretensis Mez - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
Olyra maranonensis Swallen - Peru
Olyra obliquifolia Steud. - Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão)
Olyra retrorsa Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Mato Grosso
Olyra standleyi Hitchc. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
Olyra tamanquareana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Amazonas)
Olyra taquara Swallen - Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, D.F., Pará)
Olyra wurdackii Swallen - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)

formerly included

[1] see Agnesia Arberella Cryptochloa Ichnanthus Lithachne Parodiolyra Piresia Piresiella Raddia Raddiella Sucrea

Olyra axillaris - Lithachne pauciflora
Olyra blanchetii - Parodiolyra ramosissima
Olyra brasiliensis (Bertol.) Spreng. 1827 not Desv. 1831 - Raddia brasiliensis
Olyra capillata - Cryptochloa capillata
Olyra concinna - Cryptochloa concinna
Olyra flaccida - Arberella flaccida
Olyra floribunda - Raddia brasiliensis
Olyra hoehnei - Raddia brasiliensis
Olyra lancifolia - Agnesia lancifolia
Olyra lateralis - Parodiolyra lateralis
Olyra luetzelburgii - Parodiolyra luetzelburgii
Olyra malmeana - Raddiella malmeana
Olyra micrantha - Parodiolyra micrantha
Olyra nana - Raddiella esenbeckii
Olyra ovata - Ichnanthus panicoides
Olyra pauciflora - Lithachne pauciflora
Olyra pinetii - Lithachne pinetii
Olyra podachne - Cryptochloa capillata
Olyra polypodioides - Raddia distichophylla
Olyra ramosissima - Parodiolyra ramosissima
Olyra sampaiana - Sucrea sampaiana
Olyra sarmentosa - Parodiolyra lateralis
Olyra strephioides - Piresiella strephioides
Olyra strictiflora - Cryptochloa strictiflora
Olyra sympodica - Piresia sympodica
Olyra urbaniana - Raddia guianensis

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Linnaeus, Carl von 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1253, 1261, 1379 in Latin
Tropicos, Olyra L.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Davidse, G. 1994. 14. Olyra L. 6: 210–212. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Filgueiras, T. S. & A. P. Santos-Gonçalves. 2004. A checklist of the basal grasses and bamboos in Brazil (Poaceae). Journal of the American Bamboo Society 18(1): 7–18.
Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372
Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
The Plant List search for Olyra
Soderstrom, T. R. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1989. A revision of the genus Olyra and the new segregate genus Parodiolyra (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 69: 1–79