Stable identifiers

https://w.jacq.org/W0029179

https://doi.org/10.3535/S3G-4C8-XWD

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1230946037

Herbarium #

W 0029179

Collection #

W

Stored under taxon name

Merostachys bifurcata Send.

Family

Poaceae

Det./rev./conf./assigned

L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06

Ident. history

orig.: Merostachys; L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06: = Merostachys bifurcata

Isotypus of

Merostachys bifurcata Send.

Novon 7 (3): 290; Fig. 3 (1997-10-03)

Typified by: L. Pignotti (W) 2011-06-15

Collector

      Calderón,C.E. & Pinheiro,R.S. 2202  (link to CETAF Botany Pilot) 

Linked Specimens and Material

W 0331159

Date

1972-04-06

Location

Brazil / Bahia | -16.9, -39.4

Label

Brazil. Bahia. Mun. Pôrto Seguro: Parque Nacional de Monte Pascoal: Monte Pascoal. ca. 16°54'S-- 39°24'W. Alt. 210 m. Alt. 210 m

Habitat

Very abundant in forest of sandy-argillaceous soil; few herbaceous plants growing in the area.

Habitus

Culms hollow, about 1-1.5 cm in diameter, fragile, breaking very easily; smooth or seabrous only in thin, young brances. Branches up to 10 m high, climbing or leaning over trees and palms. Culm sheaths deciduous with reflexed, deciduous blade.

Annotations

Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Geographic Society.
ex US.
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