Merostachys calderoniana

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms 1000 cm long; 10–15 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; smooth; distally pruinose. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many; flabellate; with subequal branches. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 12–16 cm long; 4 times as long as wide; retrorsely scabrous; glabrous; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 4–6 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; reflexed; 9.5 cm long; 7 mm wide; scabrid. Leaves 5–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths tight; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; curly; pale. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 0.5 mm long. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 7–8 cm long; 8–15 mm wide; dark green. Leaf-blade surface scaberulous. Leaf-blade margins smooth, or scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION South America: Brazil.

NOTES Bambuseae. Sendulsky 2002.

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