# Olmeca clarkiae

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***Olmeca clarkiae*** is a species of [flowering plant](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Poaceae](/source/Poaceae). It is a [bamboo](/source/Bamboo) native to Honduras and [Chiapas](/source/Chiapas) state of southern [Mexico](/source/Mexico).[1][2][3][4]

The species was first described as *Aulonemia clarkiae* by Gerrit Davidse and [Richard Walter Pohl](/source/Richard_Walter_Pohl) in 1992. In 2011 Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez, Victoria Sosa, and M.Teresa Mejía-Saulés placed the species in the genus *[Olmeca](/source/Olmeca)* as *O. clarkiae*.[1]

## References

1. ["*Olmeca clarkiae* (Davidse & R.W.Pohl) Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77110328-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew). Retrieved 27 February 2026.

1. Ohrnberger, D. (1999-01-29). [*The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa*](https://books.google.com/books?id=CIA6vqwScM8C&dq=Aulonemia+clarkiae&pg=PA396). Elsevier. ISBN 9780080542386.

1. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). ["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"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071118011812/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/aulonemi.htm). *The Grass Genera of the World*. Archived from [the original](http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/aulonemi.htm) on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

1. Goudot, Justin P. 1846. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 3 5: 75

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