Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.
Otatea, called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.
Eremocaulon is a genus of Brazilian bamboo in the grass family.
- Eremocaulon amazonicumLondoño - Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia
- Eremocaulon asymmetricum(Soderstr. & Londoño) Londoño - Bahia
- Eremocaulon aureofimbriatumSoderstr. & Londoño - Bahia, Minas Gerais
- Eremocaulon capitatum(Trin.) Londoño - Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Pseudoxytenanthera is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family native to India, Sri Lanka, and Indochina.
- Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii(Gamble) H.B.Naithani – India
- Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha(Thwaites) Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis – India, Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
- Pseudoxytenanthera ritcheyi(Munro) H.B.Naithani – India
- Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii(Munro) T.Q.Nguyen – India, Vietnam
Filgueirasia is a genus of Brazilian bamboo in the grass family.
Piresia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.
- Piresia goeldiiSwallen - French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru (Loreto), Brazil
- Piresia leptophyllaSoderstr. - Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Brazil(Pernambuco, Amazonas, Bahia), Trinidad & Tobago
- Piresia macrophyllaSoderstr. - French Guiana, Peru, Brazil
- Piresia palmulaM.L.S.Carvalho & R.P.Oliveira - Brazil (Bahia)
- Piresia sympodica(Döll) Swallen - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago
Raddiella is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family native to South America, Panama and Trinidad.
- Raddiella esenbeckii(Steud.) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr. - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama
- Raddiella kaieteuranaSoderstr. - Venezuela (Bolívar), Suriname, Guyana, Brazil (Pará)
- Raddiella lunataZuloaga & Judz. - Rondônia, Mato Grosso
- Raddiella malmeana(Ekman) Swallen - Pará, Mato Grosso
- Raddiella minimaJudz. & Zuloaga - Pará, Mato Grosso
- Raddiella molliculma(Swallen) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr. - Caquetá
- Raddiella potaroensisSoderstr. - Venezuela (Bolívar), Guyana
- Raddiella vanessiaeJudz. - French Guiana
Calderonella is a genus of Colombian and Panamanian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Calderonella sylvatica.
Lithachne is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.
- Lithachne horizontalisChase - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso
- Lithachne humilisSoderstr. - Honduras
- Lithachne pauciflora(Sw.) P.Beauv. - widespread from Jalisco to Paraguay
- Lithachne pinetii(C.Wright) Chase - Cuba
Cryptochloa is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, and South America.
- Cryptochloa capillata(Trin.) Soderstr. - French Guiana, Brazil
- Cryptochloa concinna(Hook.f.) Swallen - Colombia, Central America, southern Mexico
- Cryptochloa decumbensSoderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
- Cryptochloa dressleriSoderstr. - Panama
- Cryptochloa soderstromiiDavidse - Panama
- Cryptochloa strictiflora(E.Fourn.) Swallen - Central America, southern Mexico, Ecuador
- Cryptochloa unispiculataSoderstr. - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Acre)
- Cryptochloa varianaSwallen - Honduras, Panama, Colombia
Streptochaeta is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is the only genus in the tribe Streptochaeteae of the family Poaceae.
Streptostachys is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.
Sucrea is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family.
- Sucrea maculataSoderstr. - Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo
- Sucrea monophyllaSoderstr. - Bahia
- †Sucrea sampaiana(Hitchc.) Soderstr. - Espírito Santo†
Diandrolyra is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family.
- Diandrolyra bicolorStapf - Espírito Santo
- Diandrolyra pygmaeaSoderstr. & Zuloaga ex R.P.Oliveira & L.G.Clark - Bahia
- Diandrolyra tatianaeSoderstr. & Zuloaga - São Paulo, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo
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.
Otachyrium is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.
Parodiolyra is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.
- Parodiolyra aratitiyopensisJ.R.Grande - Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Parodiolyra colombiensisDavidse & Zuloaga - Colombia (Caquetá)
- Parodiolyra lateralis(J.Presl ex Nees) Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Parodiolyra luetzelburgii(Pilg.) Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
- Parodiolyra micrantha(Kunth) Davidse & Zuloaga - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
- Parodiolyra ramosissima(Trin.) Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Brazil (Bahia)
Thomas Robert Soderstrom was an American agrostologist His special field of study was the grass family Gramineae or Poaceae. He was Curator of Grasses at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC for some twenty years.
Ximena Londoño de la Pava is a Colombian botanist, specializing in agrostology. She has done extensive research on the bamboo genus Guadua in South America and Central America.
