Grass Genera of the World - Merostachys Spreng. Grass Genera of the World L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz Merostachys Spreng. Including Brasilocalamus Nakai Habit, vegetative morphology . Arborescent, shrubby or scrambling perennial. The flowering culms leafy.
Culm sheaths with constricted, more or less petiolate, reflexed blades.
Culm internodes solid, or hollow. Leaves with auricular setae. Reproductive organization . Female-fertile spikelets . Spikelets with incomplete florets.