Rhipidocladum

Rhipidocladum is a genus of New World woody bamboo in the grass family. It is found in Mesoamerica, Trinidad, and South America. The genus is characterized by having erect, non-pseudopetiolate culm leaves, numerous branchlets arising in an aspidate (fan-like) array, and by having true caryopses as fruit. The name is derived from the Greek rhipid meaning "fanlike" and clad meaning "branch".

==Species== 22 species are accepted. Rhipidocladum abregoense – Colombia (Norte de Santander) Rhipidocladum ampliflorum – Venezuela Rhipidocladum angustiflorum – Colombia, Venezuela Rhipidocladum arenicola – Peru Rhipidocladum barbinode – Mexico (Nayarit to Guerrero) Rhipidocladum bartlettii – Mexico (Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras Rhipidocladum clarkiae – Costa Rica Rhipidocladum cordatum – Ecuador Rhipidocladum harmonicum – from southern Mexico to Bolivia Rhipidocladum martinezii – Mexico (Chiapas) Rhipidocladum maxonii – Costa Rica, Guyana Rhipidocladum neumannii – Argentina (Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija) Rhipidocladum pacuarense – Nicaragua, Costa Rica Rhipidocladum panamense – Panamá Rhipidocladum parviflorum – Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Bolivia, Brazil, Panamá Rhipidocladum pittieri – from Mexico (Michoacán) to Panamá Rhipidocladum prestoei – Trinidad Rhipidocladum racemiflorum – Mexico from Tucumán to Tamaulipas Rhipidocladum rubrofimbriatum – Venezuela Rhipidocladum sibilans – Venezuela, Guyana Rhipidocladum singuliflorum – Mexico (Jalisco) Rhipidocladum zoqueorum – Mexico (Chiapas)