Cambajuva ulei

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 200–300 cm long; 6 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 8–16 cm long; smooth; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid; erect. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one; solitary. Leaf-sheaths striately veined; pubescent. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 8 mm long; pale. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades appressed, or erect; lanceolate; 4–8 cm long; 5–9 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.

Panicle open; linear; 8–15 cm long. Primary panicle branches indistinct the panicle almost racemose.

Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1–3 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 18–22 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.

GLUMES Glumes two, or several; 2–3 empty glumes; persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; 7 mm long; 0.75 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels. Lower glume apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Lower glume awn 5 mm long. Upper glume lanceolate; 10 mm long; membranous; without keels. Upper glume apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 3 mm long.

FLORETS Fertile lemma lanceolate; 12 mm long; chartaceous; without keel. Lemma apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn 3 mm long overall. Palea 1 length of lemma. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.

FLOWER Lodicules 3. Anthers 3. Stigmas 2.

FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.

DISTRIBUTION South America: Brazil.

NOTES Bambuseae. Fl Cat 1995.

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