Merostachys medullosa Send.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• County/Municipio

  Porto Seguro Mun.

• Locality

  Forested slopres of morro on Fazenda Carvalho, ca. 26 km west of town of Monte Pascoal, at end of road that intersects with BR 101 in Monte Pascoal. Robust bamboo on upper slopes between 380 m and the summit at 460 m elev.

• Coordinates

  -16.4497, -39.0644

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  68835

• Georeferencing Method

  Other source. The coordinates represent the seat of the municipio.

• Geodetic Datum

  SAD69

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Merostachys	BAHIA, BRAZIL
Municipio Porto Seguro: Forested sloped of morro on Fazen-
da Carvalho, ca. 2o liai vest of tovn of Monte Pascoal, at
end of road that intersects vith BR 101 in Monte Pascoal.
Robust bamboo on upper sloi>es of mountain from 380m to
summit at l*60m elev. Clumps of ca. 50 culms, the culms
solid, not erect but arching over immediately, 10-15m
long, 2cm. diam., vith thick vails and filled vith pith,
seaberulous and striated-mottled dark and light green.
Culm leaves : sheath becomes brovm and shed vhen branches
develop; blade small, reflexed, caducous. When nev culm
freshly cut the pith is vhite but vithin several minutes
begins to turn red and then brovn. All clumps sterile ex-
cept one in vhich culms are dead and bearing branches vith
old inflorescences from vhich most sp'ikelets have fallen.
association vith Atractantha (2211) & Merostachys
Thomas R. Söderström, George F. Russell, & José Hage 15 May 1976 2212
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