Piresia

Piresia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Piresia Swallen
Type species
Piresia goeldii Swallen

Piresia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Species^[6][7]

1. Piresia goeldii Swallen - French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru (Loreto), Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia)
2. Piresia leptophylla Soderstr. - Colombia (Amazonas), Ecuador, Peru, Brazil(Pernambuco, Amazonas, Bahia), Trinidad & Tobago
3. Piresia macrophylla Soderstr. - French Guiana, Peru (San Martín, Loreto), Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia, Acre)
4. Piresia palmula M.L.S.Carvalho & R.P.Oliveira - Brazil (Bahia)
5. Piresia sympodica (Döll) Swallen - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago

References

1. Swallen, Jason Richard 1964. Two new genera of Olyreae from South America. Phytologia 11(3): 152-154 in English except short descriptions in Latin
2. Tropicos, Piresia Swallen
3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2000. Nuevos registros de Bambúes herbáceos (Poaceae) para la Flora de Colombia. Hickenia 3(16): 55–56
5. Soderstrom, T. R. 1982. New species of Cryptochloa and Piresia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Brittonia 34(2): 199–209
6. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
7. The Plant List search for Piresia