Lithachne P. Beauv.

Ruiz-Sanchez, Eduardo, Clark, Lynn G., Londoño, Ximena, Mejía-Saulés, Teresa & Rodríguez, Gilberto Cortés, 2015, Morphological keys to the genera and species of bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) of Mexico, Phytotaxa 236 (1), pp. 1-24 : 20

Lithachne P. Beauv.

Herbaceous, monoecious and cespitose plants; culms with long internodes, leaves with flat, pulviniform pseudopetioles, leaves lanceolate to ovate, asymmetric with the base obliquely truncate. Synflorescences 1–4 per node, terminal and axillary; terminal synflorecences paniculiform, the longest one staminate, the shorter one(s) bisexual; axillary synflorescences bisexual with 1–3 pistillate spikelets and 1–10 staminate spikelets ( Fig. 8E–F ).

1 species in Mexico: Lithachne pauciflora . Mexico to Argentina; Chiapas, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Veracruz; 0–1300 m.

Figures

FIGURE 8. A–B, Olyra latifolia. A. Synflorescence and flowers. B. Foliage leaves. C–D. Cryptocholoa strictiflora. C. Leaf blades, abaxial view, showing purple color. D. Complete plant. E–F. Lithachne pauciflora. E. Female (above) and male (below) spikelets. F. Leaf blades, adaxial view. Photos by E. Ruiz-Sanchez.