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Olmeca

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subfamily
  
Bambusoideae

Tribe
  
Bambuseae

Higher classification
  
Guaduinae

Order
  
Poales

Family
  
Poaceae

Supertribe
  
Bambusodae

Subtribe
  
Guaduinae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Tropical woody ba, Grasses, Lithachne, Otatea, Aulonemia

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Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.

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Olmeca is the only known New World bamboo having large fleshy fruits. It also has rhizomes with long necks and very open clumps.

The genus is named for the Olmec peoples of southern Mexico, who thrived in southern Mexico in the first millennium BCE.

Species
  • O. clarkiae (Davidse & R.W.Pohl) Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés - Chiapas, Honduras
  • O. fulgor (Soderstr.) Ruiz-Sanchez - Oaxaca
  • O. recta Soderstr. - Veracruz
  • O. reflexa Soderstr. - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
  • O. zapotecorum Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés - Oaxaca
  • Time lapse of olmeca recta seeds germinating and growing 2


    References

    Olmeca Wikipedia