Olmeca
Genus of grasses
Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.
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
- Olmeca clarkiae (Davidse & R.W.Pohl) Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés - Chiapas, Honduras
- Olmeca fulgor (Soderstr.) Ruiz-Sanchez - Oaxaca
- Olmeca recta Soderstr. - Veracruz
- Olmeca reflexa Soderstr. - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
- Olmeca zapotecorum Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés - Oaxaca
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- Olmeca recta imported from iNaturalist photo 65579308 on 26 December 2023.jpg by (c) Obed Palagot Echavarria, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0
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