Merostachys annulifera Send.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• County/Municipio

  Una Mun.

• Locality

  Road Una-Olivença: 7 km N of Una

• Elevation

  Alt. 50 m. (164 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -15.25, -39.1

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
BRAZIL
Merostachys	Bahia
Man. de Una: Road Una-Olivenca: 7 km N of Una: mata
litorànea, ca.	39°06’W. Alt. 50 m.
Abundant bamboo in coastal forest of sandy soil. In
many places associated with two other bamboos, Atractan- I
tha - (C.E;-e.	226k) and (C.E.C. Sc R.SVK	¡
220677 Plants about 12 m high. Culms hollow, ca. 1.5
cm in diameter, surface rough; internodes 60-70 cm long. |
Nodes very thick, ring-like, with branch complement of
many branches. Culm leaf with sheath persistant, blade ‘ |
narrow., triangular, bent downwards, caducous.
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Cleofc E. Calderón & R. S. Pinheiro 2265	12 May 1972 I
Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the
National Geographic Society
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