# Alvimia

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{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image =
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Alvimia
|authority = [C. E. Calderón](/source/C._E._Calder%C3%B3n) ex [Soderstrom](/source/Thomas_Robert_Soderstrom) & [Londoño](/source/Londo%C3%B1o)
|type_species_authority = [Soderstrom](/source/Thomas_Robert_Soderstrom) & [Londoño](/source/Londo%C3%B1o)
|type_species = ''[Alvimia auriculata](/source/Alvimia_auriculata)''
}}

'''''Alvimia''''' is a Brazilian [genus](/source/genus) of [bamboo](/source/bamboo) in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae).<ref>Soderstrom, Thomas Robert & Londoño, Ximena. 1988.  American Journal of Botany 75(6): 833-837</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036918 Tropicos, ''Alvimia'' C.E. Calderón ex Soderstr. & Londoño ]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/alvimia.htm|title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}</ref> It is native to the eastern coastal regions of the State of [Bahia](/source/Bahia) in eastern  [Brazil](/source/Brazil).

;Species<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451069 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Alvimia The Plant List search for Alvimia]</ref>
# ''[Alvimia auriculata](/source/Alvimia_auriculata)'' <small>Soderstr. & Londoño</small> 
# ''[Alvimia gracilis](/source/Alvimia_gracilis)'' <small>Soderstr. & Londoño</small>  
# ''[Alvimia lancifolia](/source/Alvimia_lancifolia)'' <small>Soderstr. & Londoño</small>

==See also==
*[List of Poaceae genera](/source/List_of_Poaceae_genera)

==References==
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Category:Bambusoideae genera
Category:Endemic flora of Brazil
Category:Grasses of Brazil
Category:Flora of Bahia
Category:Bambusoideae

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