Using isobaric semigrand Monte Carlo simulations, we have investigated the phase behavior of a model for polydisperse rodlike colloids. The system consists of hard spherocylinders in the limit of infinite aspect ratio, with polydispersity in the length of the particles. If the polydispersity is small (standard deviation s<0.08), the phase behavior is essentially unchanged from that observed in monodisperse systems; thus nematic, smectic, and crystal phases are exhibited. For an intermediate range of polydispersities (0.08
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