''Atractantha'' is a

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, ...

in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

, native to

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, Colombia, and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

. ;Species # '' Atractantha amazonica'' Judz. & L.G.Clark -

Amazonas Amazonas may refer to: Places * Amazon River, known as ''Amazonas'' in Spanish and Portuguese *Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil * Amazonas Department, Colombia * Department of Amazonas, Peru * Amazonas (Venezuelan state), Venezuela Other uses * ...

, Vaupés in ColombiaTropicos, ''Atractantha amazonica'' Judz. & L.G. Clark
/ref> # '' Atractantha aureolanata'' Judz. -

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist att ...

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest ...

# '' Atractantha cardinalis'' Judz. -

# '' Atractantha falcata'' McClure -

# '' Atractantha radiata'' McClure -

# ''

Atractantha shepherdiana ''Atractantha'' is a South American genus of bamboo in the Poaceae, grass family, native to Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. ;Species # ''Atractantha amazonica'' Judz. & L.G.Clark - Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas in Brazil, Amazonas, Venez ...

'' Santos-Gonç. -

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3751960 Bambusoideae Bambusoideae genera Flora of South America Taxa named by Floyd Alonzo McClure

See also

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