Rhipidocladum

Rhipidocladum is a genus of New World woody bamboo in the grass family. It is found in Mesoamerica, Trinidad, and South America. The genus is characterized by having erect, non-pseudopetiolate culm leaves, numerous branchlets arising in an aspidate (fan-like) array, and by having true caryopses as fruit. The name is derived from the Greek rhipid meaning "fanlike" and clad meaning "branch".


 * Species
 * 1) Rhipidocladum abregoensis - Colombia (Norte de Santander)
 * 2) Rhipidocladum ampliflorum - Venezuela
 * 3) Rhipidocladum angustiflorum - Colombia, Venezuela
 * 4) Rhipidocladum bartlettii - Mexico (Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
 * 5) Rhipidocladum clarkiae - Costa Rica
 * 6) Rhipidocladum harmonicum - from southern Mexico to Bolivia
 * 7) Rhipidocladum martinezii - Mexico (Chiapas)
 * 8) Rhipidocladum maxonii - Costa Rica, Guyana
 * 9) Rhipidocladum neumannii - Argentina (Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
 * 10) Rhipidocladum pacuarense - Nicaragua, Costa Rica
 * 11) Rhipidocladum panamense - Panamá
 * 12) Rhipidocladum parviflorum - Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Bolivia, Brazil, Panamá
 * 13) Rhipidocladum pittieri - from Mexico (Michoacán) to Panamá
 * 14) Rhipidocladum prestoei - Trinidad
 * 15) Rhipidocladum racemiflorum - Mexico from Tucumán to Tamaulipas
 * 16) Rhipidocladum sibilans - Venezuela, Guyana

see Actinocladum Didymogonyx
 * Formerly included
 * Rhipidocladum geminatum - Didymogonyx geminatum
 * Rhipidocladum longispiculatum - Didymogonyx longispiculatum
 * Rhipidocladum verticillatum - Actinocladum verticillatum