''Otachyrium'' is a genus of South American plants 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 ...

. ; SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> * '' Otachyrium aquaticum'' Send. & Soderstr. - Bahia, Minas Gerais * '' Otachyrium boliviense'' Renvoize -

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

* '' Otachyrium grandiflorum'' Send. & Soderstr. - Venezuela ( Amazonas), Brazil ( Goiás, Amazonas, D.F.,

Roraima Roraima (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas ...

) * '' Otachyrium inaequale'' Pilg. -

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil * '' Otachyrium piligerum'' Send. & Soderstr. - Goiás * ''

Otachyrium pterigodium ''Otachyrium'' is a genus of South American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ; Species * ''Otachyrium aquaticum'' Send. & Soderstr. - Bahia, Minas Gerais * ''Otachyrium boliviense'' Renvoize - Bolivia * ''Otachyrium grandiflorum'' Send. & So ...

'' (Trin.) Pilg. - Minas Gerais, Amazonas, D.F. * '' Otachyrium seminudum'' Send. & Soderstr. - Goiás,

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

, D.F. * '' Otachyrium versicolor'' (Döll) Henrard -

, French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Paraguay, Argentina ( Corrientes, Misiones)

References

Panicoideae Grasses of South America Grasses of Brazil Poaceae genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Panicoideae-stub