Gynerium Willd. ex P. Beauv. 1812 not Bonpl. 1813[1]
Species:
G. sagittatum
Binomial name
Gynerium sagittatum
(Aubl.) P.Beauv.
Synonyms[2]
Saccharum sagittatum Aubl.
Arundo sagittata (Aubl.) Pers.
Arundo rugii Molina
Gynerium procerum P.Beauv.
Gynerium saccharoides Humb. & Bonpl.
Arundo saccharoides (Humb. & Bonpl.) Poir.
Cynodon gynerium Raspail
Gynerium parviflorum Nees
Arundo fastuosa Willd. ex Steud.
Aira gigantea Steud.
Gynerium levyi E.Fourn.
Gynerium is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[3][4] It is classified in its own tribe Gynerieae.[5]
The sole species in the genus is Gynerium sagittatum, a tall grass that grows up to six metres (twenty feet) high. It is a very vigorous species that grows into a considerably dense mass of vegetation. The species is known as "cana-do-rio", "cana-flecha", "cana-frecha", "ubá" and "cana-brava" in Brazil, "caña brava" in Peru and Colombia, "chuchío" in eastern Bolivia, and "tañil" in Guatemala and other Spanish speaking countries. It is known in English as "wildcane"[6] or "wild cane", while "arrow cane" is less common (sagitta is Latin for arrow).
^Tropicos, search for Gynerium
^Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von ex Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 138-139 description in Latin, commentary in French
^Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von ex Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XXIV (24), figure VI (6 a-d) line drawings of Gynerium sagittatum; figure captions on caption page 16
^Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. hdl:11336/25248. ISSN 1674-4918. S2CID 84052108.
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Gynerium sagittatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
Gynerium is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies...
traditional hat from Colombia and one of its symbols. It is made out of Gynerium sagittatum known locally as caña flecha, a type of cane that grows in the...
"carayurú" Arrabidaea chica, in order to paint the body); and a cane (Gynerium sagittatum), to make arrows and harpoons. Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is...
others of the genera Echinochloa and Paspalum. Also present is caña brava (Gynerium sagittatum), water hyacinth (putu putu, Eichhornia crassipes), and huama...
auriculata; emergents such as espadaño (Typha latifolia) and carrizo (Gynerium saggitatum); riparian shrubs and trees such as muco (Dalbergia browni)...
to produces shadows and freshen their area. Chimilas also harvested the Gynerium sagittatum, a cane used to produce bows and arrows. Around 1720 the Chimilas...
to produces shadows and freshen their area. Chimila also harvested the Gynerium sagittatum, a cane used to produce bows and arrows. The Spanish expedition...
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