Olmeca is a genus of Mesoamerican bamboo in the grass family.
Chusquea is a genus of evergreen bamboos in the grass family. Most of them are native to mountain habitats in Latin America, from Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina.
Otatea, called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.
Alvimia is a Brazilian genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is native to the eastern coastal regions of the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.
- Alvimia auriculataSoderstr. & Londoño
- Alvimia gracilisSoderstr. & Londoño
- Alvimia lancifoliaSoderstr. & Londoño
Athroostachys is a Brazilian genus of bamboo in the grass family.
Merostachys is a Neotropical genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is found in South America and Central America from Belize to Paraguay.
Myriocladus is a South American genus of bamboo in the grass family. It is found in the sandstone tablelands of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and northern Brazil.
Guadua is a Neotropical genus of thorny, clumping bamboo in the grass family, ranging from moderate to very large species.
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
Raddia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family, most of the species found only in Brazil.
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
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†
Tatianyx is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Tatianyx arnacites, native to the States of Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, and Pará.
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.
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.
Aulonemia cochabambensis is a species of Aulonemia bamboo. The species is part of the grass family and is endemic to Latin America.
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.
