Collection #
W 2005-0018202
Det./rev./conf./assigned
L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06
Ident. history
orig.: Merostachys; L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06: = Merostachys medullosa
Paratypus of
Merostachys medullosa Send.
Novon 7 (3): 298-300; Fig. 8 (1997-10-03)
Typified by: L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06-15
Location
Brazil / Bahia
Label
Bahia, Brazil. Mun. de Una, 3,5 km S of Una on road Una-Santa Luzia.
Habitat
Growing in forest, partially cut, of coastal type ("mata litorânea") with rather sandy soil.
Habitus
Abundant, in clumps, overarching and climbing over vegetation. Flowering in one spot only and not very abundantly. Culms with rather thick walls, in some parts of the plant filled with pith; surface asperous, mottled green. Culm leaves with long, extended sheaths, the blade obsolete, sometimes a very small one on the top leaves of new culms, soon falling. Foliage leaves with copper-colored oral setae. Inflorescences at end of leaf complement.
Annotations
Collected under the auspices of the Smithonian Institution, National Geographic Society, and Centro de Pesquisas do Cacan (CEPLAC).