Piresia

Piresia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Piresia
Swallen
Type species
Piresia goeldii
Swallen

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

Species[6][7]
  1. Piresia goeldii Swallen - French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru (Loreto), Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia)
  2. Piresia leptophylla Soderstr. - Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Brazil(Pernambuco, Amazonas, Bahia), Trinidad & Tobago
  3. Piresia macrophylla Soderstr. - French Guiana, Peru (San Martín, Loreto), Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia, Acre)
  4. Piresia palmula M.L.S.Carvalho & R.P.Oliveira - Brazil (Bahia)
  5. Piresia sympodica (Döll) Swallen - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago


References

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