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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Chusquea
Muin. de Jaguaquara: 36 km S.E. of JaguaquaraT:city. ca.
13°143,30,,S—39o1+8'W. Alt. 360.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
from the base of the sheath. Branch complement 3-5, some-
times one main bud develops in a stronger branch. Branches
develop in opposite direction to the culm sheath. Leaf
complement with many large, broad leaves, blades very
thin,and delicate.
Cleofé S. Calderón & R. S. Pinheiro 2258 9 May 1972
Collected under the auspices of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and the National Geographic Society.
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