Floyd Alonzo McClure

American botanist (1897-1970).

Floyd Alonzo McClure (14 August 1897, Shelby County, Ohio – 15 April 1970, Bethesda, Maryland) was an American botanist and plant collector. He was one of the world's leading experts on bamboo and worked in China for 24 years.

Abbreviations: McClure
Occupations: explorer, botanist
Citizenships: United States
Dates: 1897-08-14T00:00:00Z – 1970-04-15T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Sidney
Direct attributions: 117 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 148 plants, 0 fungi

117 plants attributed, 31 plants contributed to148 plants:

Bambusa ventricosa (Buddha Bamboo) McClure 1938
medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Bambusa ventricosa is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Vietnam and to Guangdong province in southern China. The species is widely cultivated in subtropical regions around the world for the bulbous and ornamental stems. The species is used in bonsai. Common names include Buddha bamboo and Buddha Belly Bamboo.
Phyllostachys bissetii (Bamboo) McClure 1956
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys bissetii is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Sichuan, Zhejiang provinces of China and introduced elsewhere. It is among the most cold-hardy bamboos. Its culms are relatively thin for its height in comparison to other running bamboo species.
Phyllostachys aureosulcata (Yellow-grooved Bamboo) McClure 1945
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys aureosulcata, the yellow groove bamboo, is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Zhejiang Province of China. It is a running bamboo with a distinctive yellow stripe in the culm groove (or sulcus) that is often grown as an ornamental.
Bambusa textilis (Weaver's Bamboo) McClure 1940
medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Bambusa textilis, also known as slender bamboo, clumping bamboo and weaver's bamboo, is a species of bamboo in the Poaceae (grasses) family that is native to China. The subspecies var. gracilis is heavily cultivated in Australia.
Rhipidocladum McClure 1973
plant genus in the poaceae family
Rhipidocladum is a genus of New World woody bamboo in the grass family. It is found in Mesoamerica, Trinidad, and South America. The genus is characterized by having erect, non-pseudopetiolate culm leaves, numerous branchlets arising in an aspidate (fan-like) array, and by having true caryopses as fruit. The name is derived from the Greek rhipid meaning "fanlike" and clad meaning "branch".
Indosasa McClure 1940
plant genus in the poaceae family
Indosasa is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family. The species are native to China and Indochina (Laos and Vietnam).
Phyllostachys propinqua McClure 1945
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys propinqua is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Zhejiang.
Phyllostachys nuda (Nude Sheath Bamboo) McClure 1945
medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys nuda (also known as Nude sheath bamboo or Snow bamboo) is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Anhui, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Zhejiang provinces of China and in Taiwan. It can survive temperatures down to −10 °F (−23 °C) and requires full sun to thrive.
Elytrostachys McClure 1942
plant genus in the poaceae family
Elytrostachys is a genus of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae), found in the rainforests from Honduras to Venezuela. Species Elytrostachys clavigera McClure – Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia Elytrostachys typica McClure – Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela
Colanthelia McClure & E.W.Sm. 1973
plant genus in the poaceae family
Colanthelia is a genus of South American bamboo in the grass family, native to southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina.
Atractantha McClure 1973
plant genus in the poaceae family
Atractantha is a South American genus of bamboo in the grass family, native to Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. Species Atractantha amazonica Judz. & L.G.Clark - Amazonas in Brazil, Amazonas in Venezuela, Vaupés in Colombia Atractantha aureolanata Judz. - Espírito Santo, Bahia Atractantha cardinalis Judz. - Bahia Atractantha falcata McClure - Bahia Atractantha radiata McClure - Bahia Formerly included Atractantha shepherdiana – Athroostachys shepherdiana
Phyllostachys vivax (Chinese Timber Bamboo) McClure 1945
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys vivax, the Chinese timber bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the bamboo subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, native to China. It is a tall, robust evergreen plant growing quickly to 8 m (26 ft) or more, with strong green canes to 12 cm (4.7 in) in diameter, and topped by drooping leaves. Sources vary as to the maximum size, with one source quoting 21 m (69 ft). Mature canes turn yellow. Initially forming clumps, the plants will eventually establish large thickets via underground running rhizomes, unless artificially restricted. The form P. vivax f. aureocaulis from
Phyllostachys rubromarginata (Reddish Bamboo) McClure 1940
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys rubromarginata, the reddish bamboo or red margin bamboo, is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Central China, specifically Guangxi and Guizhou.
Phyllostachys dulcis (Sweetshoot Bamboo) McClure 1945
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys dulcis is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces of China. This species is cultivated for its edible shoots.
Phyllostachys arcana (Arcana Bamboo) McClure 1945
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys arcana is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Anhui, Gansu, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang provinces of China at elevations of 700 – 1800 meters
Phyllostachys angusta (Stone Bamboo) McClure 1945
plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys angusta is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces of China.
Indocalamus latifolius (Keng) McClure 1941
medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Indocalamus latifolius is an East Asian species of bamboo in the genus Indocalamus. It is native to China. The species was first described in 1935, as Arundinaria latifolia, and transferred to Indocalamus in 1941.
Bambusa chungii (White-powder Bamboo) McClure 1936
medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Bambusa chungii, commonly known as white bamboo or tropical blue bamboo, is a large, tall bamboo species in the family Poaceae. It is often found in Hong Kong, and originating in southern China and Vietnam. Its blue-green or white culms often reach a height of 10 m.
Phyllostachys meyeri (Meyer Bamboo) McClure 1945
edible plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys meyeri is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Hunan, China in open forest at elevations around 600 meters
Phyllostachys glauca McClure 1956
edible and medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Phyllostachys glauca is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to Anhui, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang provinces of China.
Bambusa dissimulator (Muddy Bamboo) McClure 1940
plant species in the poaceae family
Bambusa dissimulator is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae. It is native to China and Vietnam and found as an introduced species in Brazil, and Puerto Rico. It is fast growing and has plentiful branches.
Apoclada McClure 1967
plant genus in the poaceae family
Apoclada is a genus of Brazilian bamboo in the grass family). The only known species is Apoclada simplex, found in the forests of southeastern Brazil (States of Santa Catarina, Paraná, and São Paulo). The genus was for many years thought to contain four species (Apoclada cannavieira, A. arenicola, A. diversa & A. simplex) Upon further examination and fieldwork at the collection locality, the single piece of material at the US National Herbarium from which A. diversa had been described, was found to be merely a deformed stem of A. simplex Later, with revised concepts of morphological
Sinobambusa intermedia McClure 1940
plant species in the poaceae family
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Bambusa pervariabilis (Puntingpole Bamboo) McClure 1940
medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
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Bambusa gibba (Nai Bamboo) McClure 1940
plant species in the poaceae family
Bambusa gibba is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae.
Bambusa boniopsis McClure 1940
plant species in the poaceae family
Bambusa boniopsis is a species of bambooin the family Poaceae.
Bambusa basihirsuta (Pin Bamboo) McClure 1940
plant species in the poaceae family
Bambusa basihirsuta is a species of bamboo in the family Poaceae.
Aulonemia effusa (Hack.) McClure 1973
plant species in the poaceae family
Vianaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Poaceae. It includes a single species, Vianaea effusa, a bamboo endemic to eastern Brazil. It is common in open, rocky fields in the Serra do Espinhaço of Bahia and Minas Gerais states from 900 to 1550 meters elevation, and on quartzite formations in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero of Minas Gerais. The species was first described as Arundinaria effusa by Eduard Hackel in 1903. In 1973 Floyd Alonzo McClure placed the species in genus Aulonemia as Aulonemia effusa. A phylogenetic analysis published by Jesus-Costa et al. concluded that Aulonemia
Arthrostylidium simpliciusculum (Pilg.) McClure 1973
plant species in the poaceae family
Arthrostylidium simpliciusculum is a species of bamboo in the grass family.
Schizostachyum funghomii McClure 1935
edible plant species in the poaceae family
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