Guadua tagoara (Nees) Kunth

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Rio de Janeiro

• County/Municipio

  Itatiaia Mun.

• Locality

  Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, road to Maromba, near Hotel Simon

• Elevation

  Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -22.43, -44.62

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

Guadua tagoara (Nees) Kunth
Rio de Janeiro: Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, road to Maromba,
near Hotel Simon, 1000 m. 44°37'W, 22°26'S.
Atlantic forest, bamboo sometimes in clearings but often in
the forest proper. Culms to 6-7 (-8) cm diam., to 8-9 (-10) m
tall, erect at base, immediately arching over and scandent.
Internodes with a band of hairs about 1.5 cm wide on each side
of the node, white when young, becoming cream-colored to brown
with age, basal internodes 61, 39, 37, 50, 42, 59 cm long,
mid-culm internodes ca. 60 cm long. Branches normally not
forming at the basal nodes, branching beginning at mid-culm
nodes; usually only the primary branch develops with some
basal thorns, and then rebranches along its length to produce
foliage. Main culms and primary branches hollow with thick
walls, secondary branches solid, very thorny.
A
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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12 February 1990
L. Clark, M. Morel, S. Sarahyba & L. Silvestre 670
Collected with the aid of a grant from the National Science
Foundation
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