Eremitis, Doll, 1877

Ferreira, Fabrício Moreira, Hollowell, Victoria C. & Oliveira, Reyjane P., 2016, Eremitis linearifolia and E. robusta (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Olyreae): two new species of herbaceous bamboos from Brazil first collected over 30 years ago, Phytotaxa 280 (2), pp. 179-189 : 180-181

Key to the described species of Eremitis

1. Leaf blades purple on abaxial surface, green on adaxial surface; decumbent culms with multiple inflorescences at the apex .......... ....................................................................................................................................................................................... E. afimbriata

-. Leaf blades green on both surfaces; decumbent culms with a single inflorescence at the apex........................................................2

2. Leafy culms 2 − 5 mm diam., leaf blades 12.3 − 22 × 3 − 6.3 cm ...........................................................................................................3

-. Leafy culms 1 − 1.7 mm diam.; leaf blades 6 − 10.6 × 0.9 − 1.6 cm .......................................................................................................4

3. Ligules bifid, (2.5 −) 3 − 4 mm long; leaf sheaths inflated, fimbriae present at the apices of at least the basal ones, deciduous........... ........................................................................................................................................................................................ E. magnifica

-. Ligules entire, 1 − 1.5 mm long; leaf sheaths not inflated, fimbriae present at the apices of all leaf sheaths, not deciduous............... ............................................................................................................................................................................................ E. robusta

4. Ligules 1 − 1.5 mm long; inflorescences on leafy culms 1 − 2.5 cm long. ....................................................................... E. parviflora

-. Ligules 0.1 − 0.7 mm long; inflorescences on leafy culms 4 − 6.5 cm long.................................................................... E. linearifolia