Guadua superba Huber

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  • Filed As

    Poaceae
    Guadua superba Huber

  • Collector(s)

    C. E. Calderón 2340, 11 Mar 1976

  • Location

    Brazil. Acre. Tarauacá Mun. Rod. AC-40 km-54, margem direita, ramal da colonia.

  • Habitat

    Primary forest with Marantaceae, bamboos, ferns, palms.

  • Description

    Clumps to 12m tall; the culms erect, arching at the tip, with a layer of soft gelatin-like substance inside at maturity; new culms dull green, covered with fine white appressed hairs. Spines at lower nodes few, simple, lacking above. Nodes with white band beneath. Branches flowering, but many new shoots and new leaves also present.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1075228

    Occurrence ID: da1f3c3d-f533-41ad-baa8-94a60ef6230e

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • All Determinations

    Guadua superba Huber det Unspecified Determiner

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Acre

  • County/Municipio

    Tarauacá Mun.

  • Locality

    Rod. AC-40 km-54, margem direita, ramal da colonia.

  • Coordinates

    -10.32, -67.57

  • Georeferencing Method

    Other collections. Coordinates borrowed from another georeferenced site of the same locality.

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ACRE, BRAZIL
Bambusa superba (Huber) McClure
Primary forest with Marantaceae, bamboos, ferns, palms.
8 3^' S—72 19f W. Boca do Tejo, at Rio Jurua. Clumps
to 12m tall at edge of river and in inundated area
(igapo), the culms erect, arching at the tip, with a
layer of soft gelatin-like substance inside at
maturity; new culms dull green, covered with fine white
appressed hairs. Spines at lower nodes few, simple,
lacking above. Nodes vith white band beneath. Branches
flowering, but many new shoots and new leaves also pre-
sent. Clumps abundant along the river and in the
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Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, Projeto RADAMbrasil,
and Conselbo National de Desenvolvimento Cient/fico e Tecnoiogico (CNPtj)
interior of the forest.
Cleofe E. Calderon & Thomas R. So
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
01075228