Merostachys medullosa Send.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• County/Municipio

  Jaguaquara Mun.

• Locality

  6-8 km East of Jaguaquara city: Fazenda Mundo Novo

• Elevation

  Alt. 700 m. (2297 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -13.5417, -39.92

• Distribution

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
BRAZIL
Bahia
Merostachys
Mun. Jaguaquara: 6-8 km East of Jaguaquara City: Fazenda Mundo
Novo. ca. 13°32'30"S—39°55'W. Alt. 700 m.
Abundant throughout the forest, forming dense clumps. Climbing
bamboo up to 15 m tall. Gulms 1.5 cm in diameter, filled with
soft pith; in small branches hollow. Culms green, mottled
purple, asperous, with retrorse hairs. Culm sheath very long,
narrow, triangular with small, triangular, deciduous blade.
Cleofé E. Calderon & R. S. Pinheiro 2251 6 May 1972_•
Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and
the National Geographic Society.
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