Bambusa

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• County/Municipio

  Una Mun.

• Locality

  Road São José-Una, 36 km NW of Una

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -15.2933, -39.0753

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  36070

• Georeferencing Method

  Other source. The coordinates represent the seat of the municipio.

• Geodetic Datum

  SAD69

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BAMBUSA
BAHIA, BRAZIL
Mun. de Una, road Sao Jose-Una, 36 km NW of Una. Eley. 200
m. At the edge of recently cleared and cut forest. Growing
in clumps, the plant erect for just a short distance, then
decumbent or bending and leaning. Flowering profusely and
also with many new shoots, up to 12 m high. Culms green, UP
to 3.5 cm diam. with very thick walls and a small lumen,
almost solid in lower part and in the upper thin branches.
Culm leaves very hard, light beige color, falling very
easily, with large, erect blade. Foliage leaves with white,
woolly oral setae. Flowers with 6 purple stamens and stigmas
also purple.
Irieofé E. ¿idlL , Talmôn S. Santos, and Lyselson B. de Oliveira 2386
Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic
Society, and Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau (CEPLAC)
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
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