Olmeca clarkiae

Olmeca clarkiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Olmeca
Species:
O. clarkiae
Binomial name
Olmeca clarkiae
(Davidse & R.W.Pohl) Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés
Synonyms
  • Aulonemia clarkiae Davidse & R.W.Pohl (1992) (basionym)
  • Guadua clarkiae (Davidse & R.W.Pohl) D.L.Fu

Olmeca clarkiae is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is a bamboo native to Honduras and Chiapas state of southern Mexico.

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