Garnotia thailandica Gould

5. Garnotia thailandica Gould View in CoL

Garnotia thailandica Gould (1972) View in CoL 533, t. 2. — Type: Kerr 19197 (holo K 000290151; iso BK, BM, K 000290150 , 000290152 ), designated here following Gould’s notes.

Plants base and thus lifeform unknown. Culms stiffly erect, branched, 1–1.5 m long (or more). Nodes puberulous. Sheath mouth sparsely hairy. Ligule 0.3–1 mm long. Blades linear, flat, 20–40 cm by 10–20 mm, pilose and with bulbous-based hairs, base narrowly attenuate. Panicle 40–80 cm long, common axis longer than the lowest branches, branches fascicled, at maturity erecto-patent, smooth to scaberulous. Spikelets 4.6–6 mm long (excl. awn), callus hairs 0.2–0.6 mm long. First glume 4.6–6 mm long, shorter than the second glume, aristate. Second glume 4.6–6 mm long, apex aristate, arista 1–7 mm long. Lemma awn perfect, geniculate well above the base, column twisted, 2–3 mm long, arista 10–15 mm long. Anthers 1.2–1.5 mm long.

Distribution — Thailand,Pen.: Trang,Kao Soi Dao,only known from the type.

Habitat — Open patch in evergreen forest, c. 800 m altitude (Gould misread the ‘c. 800 m’ as ‘1,800 m’).

Note — Gould suggested that this might be a giant G. tenella , but overall it is more similar to G. patula (Munro) Benth.