Arthrostylidium berryi (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Bambuseae, Arthrostylidiinae), a new species from white sand shrublands in Venezuela and Colombia

Arthrostylidium berryi judziewicz & Davidse (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Bambuseae, Arthrostylidiinae) a new Species from riversides, Seasonally flooded white sand shrublands. and granitic lajas in lowland Venezuela and adjacent Colombia, is described scribed and illustrated. It is easily distinguished from its South Amcrican congeners in Arthrostylidium Ruprecht by its strongly reflexed leaf blades and long (4-10 cm) spikelels with numerous (nine to 15) florets.