Olyra is a genus of tropical bamboos in the grass family. It is native primarily to the Western Hemisphere, with one species extending into Africa.
Species
- Olyra amapana <small>Soderstr. & Zuloaga</small> - Brazil(Amapá, Rondônia, Amazonas), Venezuela (Amazonas))
- Olyra bahiensis <small>R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner</small> - Bahia
- Olyra buchtienii <small>Hack.</small> - Peru, Bolivia
- Olyra caudata <small>Trin.</small> - Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
- Olyra ciliatifolia <small>Raddi</small> - Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
- Olyra davidseana <small>Judz. & Zuloaga</small> - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
- Olyra ecaudata <small>Döll</small> - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
- Olyra fasciculata <small>Trin.</small> - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Misiones)
- Olyra filiformis <small>Trin.</small> - Bahia
- Olyra glaberrima <small>Raddi</small> - Mexico, Central America, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
- Olyra holttumiana <small>Soderstr. & Zuloaga</small> - Panama
- Olyra humilis <small>Nees</small> - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
- Olyra juruana <small>Mez</small> - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru (Loreto, Cusco, Pasco)
- Olyra latifolia <small>L.</small> - tropical Africa (Senegal to Zimbabwe), Comoros, Madagascar, Americas (Mexico to Paraguay + West Indies)
- Olyra latispicula <small>Soderstr. & Zuloaga</small> - Bahia
- Olyra longifolia <small>Kunth</small> - tropical South America
- Olyra loretensis <small>Mez</small> - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
- Olyra maranonensis <small>Swallen</small> - Peru
- Olyra obliquifolia <small>Steud.</small> - Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão)
- Olyra retrorsa <small>Soderstr. & Zuloaga</small> - Mato Grosso
- Olyra standleyi <small>Hitchc.</small> - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
- Olyra tamanquareana <small>Soderstr. & Zuloaga</small> - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Olyra taquara <small>Swallen</small> - Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, D.F., Pará)
- Olyra wurdackii <small>Swallen</small> - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)
Formerly included
see Agnesia Arberella Cryptochloa Ichnanthus Lithachne Parodiolyra Piresia Piresiella Raddia Raddiella Sucrea
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