Lithachne horizontalis Chase
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Filed As
Poaceae
Lithachne horizontalis Chase -
Collector(s)
T. R. Soderstrom 1947 with D. Sucre, 19 Apr 1972
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Location
Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Serra da Mendanha.
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Habitat
Forest on gentle slopes, consisting of palms, bamboos (Bambusa, Chusquea, Merostachys), Pharus spp., Olyra sp., and mostly small trees. Plants common in forest with filtered light, especially abundant in more open, lighter areas. Soil reddish clay.
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Description
Parent plant produces flowering culms first and then becomes stooniferous. Stolons as much as 3 m long, at least those which were growing over an embankment where there were no other plants competing. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 650565
Occurrence ID: 1ba2bece-b9b3-4e2c-a799-f0f4f502ea15
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Poales
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Family
Poaceae
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All Determinations
Lithachne horizontalis Chase
Note: Revised for a Ph.D. thesis on comparative morphology of the New World herbaceous Bambusoideae s.l. C. O. Morales, Munich 1997-1998
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Region
South America
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Country
Brazil
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State/Province
Rio de Janeiro
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Locality
Serra da Mendanha
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Elevation
Alt. 400 m. (1312 ft.)
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Coordinates
-22.85, -43.53
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Distribution
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Lithachne horizontalis Chase