taxonID	type	description	language	source
620B87FAF94CFF80FDB7F8B9FE13FD36.taxon	diagnosis	Monoecia; spiculis masculis et femineis binatis in eadem inflorescentia dispositis; spiculae masculae sessiles: glumae nullae; lemma 3 - nerve, nervis obscuris; stamina 3; spiculae femineae pedicellatae: glumae acuminatae, subaequales, 3 - nerves, nervis obscuris; fructus sessilis, ellipticus, variegatus, 3 - nervis, nervis albidis, aproximatis. Perennis culmis gracilibus, et laminis latis planis.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94CFF80FDB7F8B9FE13FD36.taxon	description	Inflorescence a narrow raceme, terminal or sometimes axillar y, the lower part enclosed in the sheath; spikelets in pairs, the lower staminate, sessile, the other pistillate, pedicellate, the pedicel much thickened at the summit; staminate spikelet: glumes wanting; lemma 3 - nerved, the nerves faint; stamens 3; pistillate spikelet: glumes acuminate, 3 - nerved, the nerves faint, the first slightly longer than the second; fruit sessile, elliptic, abruptly acute, variegated black and white, the lemma 3 - nerved, the nerves white. Densely tufted perennials with slender culms and relatively broad flat blades.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF949FF87FE5DFBE0FEBBFD52.taxon	diagnosis	_ - Perennis caespitosa; culmi graciles, erecti, glabri, ca. 55 cm. alti; vaginae inferiores internodiis longiores, pubescentes, superiores elongatae, glabrae; laminae planae, 6 - 9.5 cm. longae, 2 - 4 mm. latae, suprascabrae; panicula 10 cm. longa, densa, laxa, ramis usque ad 3 cm. longis, basi nudis; spiculae 6 - 7 mm. longae; glumae aequales, glabrae, carina scabrae; lemma 5.5 - 6 mm. longum, 5 - nerve, costae medio aristatum, arista 9 - 13 mm. longa, divergens; rachilla 2 mm. longa, infra glabra, summo villosa, pilis 1.5 mm. longis; calli pili densi, usque ad 5 mm. longi.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF949FF87FE5DFBE0FEBBFD52.taxon	description	Tufted perennial; culms slender, erect, glabrous, about 55 cm. high, the upper half naked; lower sheaths overlapping, pubescent, those of the culm elongate, glabrous; ligule about 1 mm. long, membranaceous; blades flat, 6 - 9.5 cm. long, 2 - 4 mm. wide, scabrous and very sparsely pilose on the upper surface; panicle 10 cm. long, purplish, rather dense but lax, the branches as much as 3 cm. long, somewhat spreading, naked toward the base; spikelets 6 - 7 mm. long; glumes equal, glabrous, scabrous on the keel; lemma 5.5 - 6 mm. long, slightly erose at the tip, 5 - nerved, glabrous, the awn inserted about the middle, 9 - 13 mm. long, slightly twisted, divergent; rachilla 2 mm. long, glabrous below, vilous above, the hairs 1.5 mm. long; callus densely hairy, the hairs as much as 5 mm. long.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF949FF87FE5DFBE0FEBBFD52.taxon	materials_examined	Type in the United States National Herbarium, n °. 2011896, collected in banhado, Campo dos Padres, Bom Retiro, Santa Catarina, Brazil, altitude 1900 meters, December 16, 1948, by P. R. Reitz (n °. 2390).	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF949FF87FE5DFBE0FEBBFD52.taxon	discussion	Related to Calamagrostis longiaristata (Wedd.) Hack., which commonly is a larger plant with much smaller spike lets.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94FFF82FDB0FD0DFC52F836.taxon	diagnosis	Perennis caespitosa; culmi erecti ca. 80 cm. alti; vaginae elongatae, carinatae, glabrae; ligula brevissima; laminae planae, elongatae, ca. 5 mm. latae, marginibus scabrissimae; panicula 15 cm. longa, laxa, ramis divergentibus glabris vel scaberulis; glumae subaequales, acuminatae, 5 - 6 mm. longae, 1 - 3 - nerves; lemma 7 - 9 mm. longum, attenuatum, glabrum; palea ca. 5 mm. longa, minute bifida, summo scabra; rachilla longivillosa, pilis 2 - 3 mm. longis.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94FFF82FDB0FD0DFC52F836.taxon	description	Culms tufted, erect, about 80 cm. high sheaths elongate keeled, smooth, glabrous, mostly crowded at the base; ligule hairy, very short; blades elongate, flat, about 5 mm. wide, the margins very scabrous; panicle 15 cm. long, lax, the branches naked toward the base, somewhat spreading, glabrous, or obscurely scabrous; glumes subequal, acuminate, 5 - 6 mm. long, attenuate, several-nerved, glabrous; palea about 5 mm. long, minutely bifid, scabrous toward the summit; upper part of rachilla long-villous, the hairs 2 - 3 mm. long.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94FFF82FDB0FD0DFC52F836.taxon	materials_examined	Type in the United States National Herbarium, n °. 2011897, collected on river banks, Campo dos Padres, Bom Retiro, Santa Catarina, Brazil, altitude 2.000 meters, December 16, 1948, by P. R. Reitz (n °. 2398).	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94FFF82FDB0FD0DFC52F836.taxon	discussion	Resembling Cortadeira parviflora Swallen, described from Venezuela, which differs in having long-villous lemmas and short hairs on the rachilla.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94FFF85FD12F84AFCB2FA2E.taxon	diagnosis	Perennis; culmi robusti, erecti, 110 cm. alti; vaginae elongatae, compressae, glabrae; ligula firma, ca. 1 mm. longa; laminae usque ad 55 cm. longae, 4 - 7 mm. latae, glabrae, marginibus scabrae; panicula 17 cm. longa, densa, ramis adscendentibus, scabris, fasciculatis, usque ad 7 cm. longis; spiculae 5 mm. longae, 3 - florae; glumae acuminatae, prima 3 mm. longa, 1 - nervis, secunda 3.5 mm. longa, 3 - nervis; lemma primum 4 mm. longum, acutum, basi dense villosum pilis lemmate longioribus, in carina et nervis lateralibus dense pubescentia.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94FFF85FD12F84AFCB2FA2E.taxon	description	Perennial; culms coarse, erect, 110 cm. high; sheaths elongate, compressed, glabrous; ligule firm, less than. 1 mm. long; blades as much as 55 cm. long, 4 - 7 mm. wide, glabrous, the margins scabrous; panicle 17 cm. long, rather dense, the scabrous branches ascending in somewhat distant fascicles, as much as 7 cm. long, long and short branches in the same fascicle, the longer ones naked in the lower half, the short ones spikelet-bearing to the base or nearly so; spikelets 5 mm. long, 3 - flowered; glumes acuminate, thefirst 3 mm long, 1 - nerved, the second 3.5 mm. long, 3 - nerved; lemmas acute, the first 4 mm. long, densely pubescent on the keels and lower part of the marginal nerves, the callus densely villous with hairs longer than the lemma.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94FFF85FD12F84AFCB2FA2E.taxon	materials_examined	Type in the United States National Herbarium, n °. 2011894, collected in banhado, Campo dos Padres, Bom Retiro, Santa Catarina, Brazil, altitude 1900 meters, December 16, 1948, by P. R. Reitz (n °. 2373).	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94DFF82FDAAFD4BFBDFFD48.taxon	diagnosis	Culmi caespitosi, erecti vel ad nodos geniculati, glabri, nodis pubescentibus; vaginae inferiores internodiis multo breviores, efoliatae, superiores approximatae, foliosae; laminae 4 - 7,5 cm. longae, 12 - 20 mm. latae, acutae, basi subtruncatae, minute pubescentes vel glabrae; racemus 1 - 2 cm. longus; spiculae masculae 3 mm. longae, lemmate acuminate; spiculae femineae 6 mm. longae, glabrae, gluma prima acuminata vel attenuata; fructus 4 mm. longus, lucidus, variegatus.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94DFF82FDAAFD4BFBDFFD48.taxon	description	Culms densely tufted, erect or geniculate at the lower nodes, glabrous, the nodes appressed pubescent; lower sheaths much shorter than the internodes, bladeless or with greatly reduced blades, the upper ones somewhat crowded, the blades not reduced; blades mostly 4 - 7.5 cm. long, 12 - 20 mm. wide, acute, the base sub-truncate somewhat asymmetrical, minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous; raceme 1 - 2 cm. long, the axis pubescent; staminate spikelets 3 mm. long, the lemma acuminate, glabrous, the stamens about 1 mm. long; pistillate spikelet 6 mm. long, glabrous, the first glume acuminate to attenuate, the margins enclosing the second glume; fruit 4 mm. long, smooth and shining, mottled black and white. Type in the United States National Herbarium, n °. 2150190, collected in forest, Azambuja, Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil, altitude 35 - 135 meters, March 1952, b ̑ L. B. Smith and P. R. Reitz (n °. 6.123).	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF94DFF82FDAAFD4BFBDFFD48.taxon	discussion	Reitzia is closely related to Diandrolyra Stapf, which is known only from the type collection grown in a flower pot at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the source of the seed unknown. The latter differs in having staminate spikelets with only two stamens and with well developed glumes, as long as the lemma in the terminal spikelets.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF948FF84FE0CFA6FFC2EFBDE.taxon	diagnosis	Perennis caespitosus; culmi erecti, ca. 1 m. alti; vaginae glabrae, superiores elongatae; laminae elongatae, involutae, in parte superiore planae usque ad 4 mm. latae, marginibus scabrae, basi longiciliatae; paniculae 20 - 26 cm. longae, ramis verticillatis, anguste adscendentibus, usque ad 7 cm. longis, glabris, basi nudis; spiculae 4 mm. longae, appressae, glabrae; glumae acuminatae, secunda lemmate paulo longior, prima 1 / 2 brevior; lemma et palea aequalia, acuminata.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF948FF84FE0CFA6FFC2EFBDE.taxon	description	Caespitose perennial; culms erect, about 1 m. high; sheaths smooth, those of the culm elongate; blades elongate, involute, becoming flat above, as much as 4 mm. wide, the margins scabrous, ciliate with long hairs toward the base; panicles 20 - 26 cm. long, the branches verticillate, narrowly ascending, as much as 7 cm. long, naked at the base for 2 - 3 cm., glabrous; spikelets 4 mm. long, appressed, glabrous, the pedicels usually less than 1 mm. long; glumes acuminate, the second slightly exceeding the floret, the first about half as long; lemma and palea equal, acuminate.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF948FF84FE0CFA6FFC2EFBDE.taxon	materials_examined	Type in United States National Herbarium, n °. 2042484, collected on campo, São Joaquim, Santa Catarina, Brazil, altitude 1.200 meters, January 21 - 29, 1950, by P. R. Reitz (n °. 3431).	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
620B87FAF948FF84FE0CFA6FFC2EFBDE.taxon	discussion	This species is probably most closely related to Sporobolus multinodis Hack., which differs in having shorter, mostly spreading branches scattered on the axis, blades involute throughout, and scabrous spikelets.	en	Swallen, Jason R. (1956): New Grasses From Santa Catarina. Sellowia 7: 7-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17976067
