Stable identifiers

https://w.jacq.org/W20060010766 (25-02-2020)
https://w.jacq.org/W0279669 (01-01-2024)

https://doi.org/10.3535/X15-9Y8-6R0

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/5004433517

Herbarium #

W 0279669

Collection #

W 2006-0010766

Stored under taxon name

Atractantha cardinalis Judz.

Family

Poaceae

Det./rev./conf./assigned

Calderón,C.E., Santos,T.S. deOliveira,L.B. 1976

Ident. history

Calderón,C.E., Santos,T.S. deOliveira,L.B. 1976: Atractantha cardinalis

Paratypus of

Atractantha cardinalis Judz.

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79 (1): 170-173; Fig. 4, 6, 7 (1992-02-04)

Typified by: E. J. Judziewicz (UWSP) 1992-02-04

Collector

      Calderón,C.E. et al. 2402  (link to CETAF Botany Pilot) 

Date

1976-04-28

Location

Brazil / Bahia | -15.29333, -39.07528

Label

Brazil, Bahia: Municipio de Una, road Una-Olivença, ca. 5km N of Una.
Elev. 55m. Alt. 55 m

Habitat

Common in "mata litorãnea" of mixed, sandy soil. Forest rich in "piaçaba" (palm and other bamboos: Merostachys sp., Atractantha sp. CEC et al. 2389).

Habitus

Most of the population completely dry and dead after flowering, only a few patches still fresh. Delicate bamboo climbing and draping over the trees. Culms slender, solid, with some air canals, surface asperous. Culm leaves remain long in place, pushed off by developing branches, sheath with very thick callus on back. Bracts an prophylla at base of branches reddish. All plants blooming, some still in anthesis. Spikelets green usually 5 or 6 in each pseudospikelet. No fruits found.

Annotations

Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and Centro de Pesquisas do Cacan (CEPLAC).
Smithsonian Institution; from the United States National Herbarium.
[Typification in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79(1): 170. 1992]