Collection #
W 2005-0018212
Det./rev./conf./assigned
L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06
Ident. history
orig.: Merostachys; L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06: = Merostachys procerrima
Isotypus of
Merostachys procerrima Send.
Novon 7 (3): 300; Fig. 9 (1997-10-03)
Typified by: L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06-15
Location
Brazil / Bahia
Label
Bahia, Brazil. Municipio Porto Seguro: Reserva Biológica do Pau Brasil (CEPLAC). Elev. 35m.
Alt. 35 m
Habitat
Primary hygrophilic forest with tall trees, densely shaded.
Habitus
Locally common bamboo: small clumps of 5 or 6 thin-walled culms climbing 3-4m into the trees and hanging, erect and glabrous below, thin and scabrous above. New culm leaves: sheath purplish-green, becoming stramineous and pushed off by developing branches; blades puplish-green, reflexed. Truly a bamboo of the forest, scattered throughout it and not in the clearings.
Annotations
Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic Society and Centro de Pesquisas do Cacan (CEPLAC).
ex US