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|accepted_name=Gynerium
|accepted_authority=Willd. ex P. Beauv.
|publications=
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Gynerieae;Gynerium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Gynerieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gynerium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 353
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; dioecious, staminate and pistillate plants similar in gross morphology; rhizomatous. <b>Sheaths</b> overlapping, mostly glabrous or the young and bladeless leaves sparsely pilose, margins usually pilose distally; collars pilose in young leaves with rudimentary blades; ligules pilose; blades to 2 m, leathery, glabrous, lower blades disarticulating at maturity, midribs 0.5-1.5 cm wide, sometimes with a line of scattered hairs on either side. <b>Panicles</b> large, the pistillate panicles plumose. <b>Pistillate</b> spikelets with 2 florets; disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets; glumes 1-3-veined, tardily disarticulating; upper glumes longer and firmer than the lower glumes, exceeding the florets; lemmas shortly pilose below, long pilose above, apices elongated and narrowed; lodicules 2, membranous, faintly 2-3-veined, sometimes with long hairs, truncate; staminodes 2; styles 2. <b>Staminate</b> spikelets with 2-4 florets; disarticulation below the terminal florets; glumes 1-veined; lemmas hyaline, glabrous, occasionally puberulent below; lodicules 2, free, faintly veined, truncate; anthers 2; ovary abortive.</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico
|discussion=<p>Gynerium is a monotypic genus that ranges from Mexico and the West Indies to northeastern Argentina.</p>
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name=Gynerium
|author=J. Gabriel Sanchez-Ken;
|authority=Willd. ex P. Beauv.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Puerto Rico
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Gynerieae
|genus=Gynerium
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