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Apoclada is a genus monotypic of herbaceous plants belonging to the family of poaceae. It comprises only one species: Apoclada simplex McClure et L.B.Sm., which is found in the southeastern forests of Brazil. For many years it was believed that the genus was composed of four species, but modern research has ruled out the existence of A. diversa and has led to the re-classification of the former A. arenicola and A. cannavieira in the genus Filgueirasia.

Description
The stems of this bamboo can grow up to more than 13 meters, although half of that figure is more usual. As with all bamboos, trunks grow from horizontal roots, called rhizomes, which in this species can measure up to 40 cm long. The trunks are dark green to light green, with reddish specimens, occasionally, with diameters of 1, 9 to 4 cm and nodes separated by spaces between 7 to 38 cm. The leaves are long 1, 3 to 16.4 cm and narrow (2-7 mm).

Taxonomy
Apoclada simplex was described by McClure & L.B.Sm. and published in Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 1(GRAM–Supl.): 59–62, t. 10, f. s–y. 1967.


 * Synonymy

Apoclada diversa McClure & L.B.Sm.