Chusquea bahiana L.G.Clark

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• County/Municipio

  Jaguaquara Mun.

• Locality

  36 km SE of Jaguaquara city

• Elevation

  Alt. 360 m. (1181 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -13.725, -39.8

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
BRAZIL
Bahia
Chusguea
Mun. de Jaguaquara: 36 km S.E. of Jaguaquara city. ca.
13°1+3,30"S—39°1^’W. Alt. 36O.m.
Abundant in primary forest along and near a creek forming
small clumps. Plants small, up to 5 m tall, usually 1-1.5 |
m. Culms solid, weak, herbaceous, ca. 1 cm in diameter,
leaning over vegetation. Culm leaves persistant, sheath
very rough, blade erect, long, narrow, acute; with very
little differentiation between sheath and blade. Buds " |
below node breaking through a bract that seems to extend g
from the base of the sheath. Branch complement 3-5; some- .
times one main bud develops in a stronger branch. Branches -f
develop in opposite direction to the culm sheath. Leaf
complement with many large, broad leaves, blades very
thin,and delicate.
Cle<*f6 FI. Calderon & R. S. Pinheiro 22^8 9 May 1972
Collected, undor the auspices of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and the national Geographic Society.,
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