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Otachyrium

Otachyrium is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.SpeciesOtachyrium aquaticum Send. & Soderstr. - Bahia, Minas Gerais Otachyrium boliviense Renvoize - Bolivia Otachyrium grandiflorum Send. & Soderstr. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil Otachyrium inaequale Pilg. - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil Otachyrium piligerum Send. & Soderstr. - Goiás Otachyrium pterigodium (Trin.) Pilg. - Minas Gerais, Amazonas, D.F. Otachyrium seminudum Send. & Soderstr. - Goiás, Mato Grosso, D.F. Otachyrium versicolor (Döll) Henrard - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina

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Otachyrium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Otachyriinae
Genus: Otachyrium
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Type species
Otachyrium junceum
(syn of O. pterigodium)

Otachyrium is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.123

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