{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 4 | genus = Athroostachys | parent_authority = Benth. | species = capitata | authority = (Hook.) Benth.<ref name=ipni>{{IPNI|id=391102-1|taxon=Athroostachys capitata}}</ref><ref name=xx>Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (1883) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48097609 Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus 3(2): 1209]</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=w>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451092 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> | synonyms = * ''Merostachys capitata'' <small>Hook.</small> * ''Chusquea fimbriata'' <small>Steud.</small> * ''Chusquea glomerata'' <small>Munro</small> * ''Merostachys capitata'' var. ''angustifolia'' <small>Döll</small> * ''Merostachys capitata'' var. ''latifolia'' <small>Döll</small> }}
'''''Athroostachys''''' is a Brazilian genus of bamboo in the grass family.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/656749#page/769/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1883. Genera Plantarum 3: 1208-1209] in Latin</ref><ref>Renvoize, S. A. 1984. Grasses of Bahia 1–301. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022281 Tropicos, ''Athroostachys'' Benth. ]</ref>
The only known species is '''''Athroostachys capitata''''', native to Brazil (States of Bahia, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/athroost.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. |year=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120045738/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/athroost.htm |archivedate=2007-11-20 }}</ref><ref>McClure, F. A. 1973. Genera of bamboos native to the New World (Gramineae: Bambusoideae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 9: 1–148.</ref><ref name=w/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-396938 The Plant List, ''Athroostachys capitata'' (Hook.) Benth. ]</ref>
== See also == * List of Poaceae genera
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Category:Bambusoideae Category:Endemic flora of Brazil Category:Bambusoideae genera Category:Monotypic Poaceae genera
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