# Olyra (plant)

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 Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil(Amapá, Rondônia, Amazonas), Venezuela (Amazonas))
* Olyra bahiensis R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia
* Olyra buchtienii Hack. - Peru, Bolivia
* Olyra caudata Trin. - Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
* Olyra ciliatifolia Raddi - Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
* Olyra davidseana Judz. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
* Olyra ecaudata Döll - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
* Olyra fasciculata Trin. - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Misiones)
* Olyra filiformis Trin. - Bahia
* Olyra glaberrima Raddi - Mexico, Central America, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
* Olyra holttumiana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
* Olyra humilis Nees - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes)
* Olyra juruana Mez - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru (Loreto, Cusco, Pasco)
* Olyra latifolia L. - tropical Africa (Senegal to Zimbabwe), Comoros, Madagascar, Americas (Mexico to Paraguay + West Indies)
* Olyra latispicula Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
* Olyra longifolia Kunth - tropical South America
* Olyra loretensis Mez - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
* Olyra maranonensis Swallen - Peru
* Olyra obliquifolia Steud. - Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão)
* Olyra retrorsa Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Mato Grosso
* Olyra standleyi Hitchc. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
* Olyra tamanquareana Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Amazonas)
* Olyra taquara Swallen - Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, D.F., Pará)
* Olyra wurdackii Swallen - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas)

## formerly included

see Agnesia Arberella Cryptochloa Ichnanthus Lithachne Parodiolyra Piresia Piresiella Raddia Raddiella Sucrea
* Olyra axillaris - Lithachne pauciflora
* Olyra blanchetii - Parodiolyra ramosissima
* Olyra brasiliensis (Bertol.) Spreng. 1827 not Desv. 1831 - Raddia brasiliensis
* Olyra capillata - Cryptochloa capillata
* Olyra concinna - Cryptochloa concinna
* Olyra flaccida - Arberella flaccida
* Olyra floribunda - Raddia brasiliensis
* Olyra hoehnei - Raddia brasiliensis
* Olyra lancifolia - Agnesia lancifolia
* Olyra lateralis - Parodiolyra lateralis
* Olyra luetzelburgii - Parodiolyra luetzelburgii
* Olyra malmeana - Raddiella malmeana
* Olyra micrantha - Parodiolyra micrantha
* Olyra nana - Raddiella esenbeckii
* Olyra ovata - Ichnanthus panicoides
* Olyra pauciflora - Lithachne pauciflora
* Olyra pinetii - Lithachne pinetii
* Olyra podachne - Cryptochloa capillata
* Olyra polypodioides - Raddia distichophylla
* Olyra ramosissima - Parodiolyra ramosissima
* Olyra sampaiana - Sucrea sampaiana
* Olyra sarmentosa - Parodiolyra lateralis
* Olyra strephioides - Piresiella strephioides
* Olyra strictiflora - Cryptochloa strictiflora
* Olyra sympodica - Piresia sympodica
* Olyra urbaniana - Raddia guianensis