Atractantha shepherdiana

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms scandent; pendulous at the tip; 600–700 cm long; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 14–81 cm long; mid-green; distally pubescent. Culm-nodes with distinct supra-nodal ridge. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one, or two, or three; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths deciduous but leaving a persistent girdle; 8–21 cm long; glabrous; hairy on margins; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs; shoulders with 11–22 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.3–0.4 mm high. Culm-sheath blade triangular; as wide as sheath at base; demarcated but persistent; erect, or reflexed; 4–9.6 cm long; 3–7 mm wide; glabrous on surface; acute. Leaves 6–15 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3.5–6.5 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; erect; 8–13 mm long; dark (brown). Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.4–0.5 mm long. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base asymmetrical; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.3–0.5 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 13.7–26.3 cm long; 21–43 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION South America: Brazil.

NOTES Bambuseae. Santos-Goncalves et al 2012.

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