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

1. Rhipidocladum abregoensis - Colombia (Norte de Santander)
2. Rhipidocladum ampliflorum - Venezuela
3. Rhipidocladum angustiflorum - Colombia, Venezuela
4. Rhipidocladum bartlettii - Mexico (Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
5. Rhipidocladum clarkiae - Costa Rica
6. Rhipidocladum harmonicum - from southern Mexico to Bolivia
7. Rhipidocladum martinezii - Mexico (Chiapas)
8. Rhipidocladum maxonii - Costa Rica, Guyana
9. Rhipidocladum neumannii - Argentina (Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
10. Rhipidocladum pacuarense - Nicaragua, Costa Rica
11. Rhipidocladum panamense - Panamá
12. Rhipidocladum parviflorum - Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Bolivia, Brazil, Panamá
13. Rhipidocladum pittieri - from Mexico (Michoacán) to Panamá
14. Rhipidocladum prestoei - Trinidad
15. Rhipidocladum racemiflorum - Mexico from Tucumán to Tamaulipas
16. Rhipidocladum sibilans - Venezuela, Guyana

Formerly included

see Actinocladum Didymogonyx

• Rhipidocladum geminatum - Didymogonyx geminatum
• Rhipidocladum longispiculatum - Didymogonyx longispiculatum
• Rhipidocladum verticillatum - Actinocladum verticillatum

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