Parianella, Hollowell, F. M. Ferreira & R. P. Oliveira, 2013

Ferreira, Fabrício Moreira, Berg, Cássio Van Den, Hollowell, Victoria C. & Oliveira, Reyjane Patrícia, 2013, Parianella (Poaceae, Bambusoideae): morphological and biogeographical information reveals a new genus of herbaceous bamboos from Brazil, Phytotaxa 77 (2), pp. 27-32 : 29

Key to identification of Parianella and related genera in the Parianinae

1. Whorls of spikelets dimorphic, with one terminal gynecandrous whorl; lower whorls reduced, male ............ Eremitis

1. Whorls of spikelets monomorphic, predominantly gynecandrous and similar ........................................................... 2

2. Pedicels of the male spikelets much longer than associated spikelets; stamens 2 to 3; stigmas barbate ....................... ............................................................................................................ Parianella (Atlantic Rain Forest, Bahia, Brazil)

2. Pedicels of the male spikelets shorter than or equal to associated spikelet; stamens 6 to 40 or more; stigmas plumose .............................................................................................................. Pariana (Central America and Amazon basin)