Chusquea mulleri Munro

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HERBARIUM OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
MEXICO
Chusquea muelleri Munro
Veracruz: road from Las Vigas to Tatatila, ca. 3 km from
the railroad tracks, sitio El Bordo. 2330 m. 97° 07'W,
19° 40'N.
Secondary vegetation with Buddleia and Alnus, formerly
Pinus patula/Quercus crassifolia/Cupresssus benthami
forest. Plants 1-2 (-3) m tall, slender, tips of main
culms becoming viny and these scrambling and climbing in
trees and shrubs, culms to 0.5 cm diameter. Rhizomes
leptomorph. Branching initially intravaginal with the
branches erect, then the sheaths falling. Usually only 3
subsidiary branches/node, the branches eventually bending
away from the culm. Culm leaves with blades more or less
cordate, erect, articulated, and deciduous. N.v.
"camalote."
23 January 1989
L. Clark, M. Chazaro, P. Tenorio & G. Bol 462
Collected under the auspices of the Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico, Iowa State University, and the
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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