Arthrostylidium farctum (Aubl.) Soderstr. & Lourteig
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Climbing, small bamboo, attaining 3-5(15) m in length. Culms smooth, shiny, 1-5 mm in diameter, cylindrical, flexible, with internodes 5-20 cm long, the nodes with numerous branchlets, 7-15 cm. long, grouped in dense whorls. Leaves of the branches linear, 6-15 x 0.7-2 mm, chartaceous, with the venation parallel; leaf sheath with the margins ciliate; setaceous appendages in two series, 1-5 mm long. Inflorescences 2-10 cm long, spicate, with 3-7 spikelets. Spikelets 8-11 mm long, linear, appressed to the rachis.
Phenology - Rarely seen in flower. The plant allegedly dies after flowering.
Conservation Status - Native, uncommon.
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Common Names
climbing bamboo