Chusquea uniflora Steud.

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BOTANICAL
YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
BAMBOOS OF COLOMBIA
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Chusquea uniflora Munro
Quindío: Mun. Salento, Reserva Natural del Alto Quindío, Finca El
Bosque, 100 m below the house along Quebrada Cardenas, 3040 m.
4°37-40' N, 75°25-30' W.
In upper montane forest along quebrada. Culms scandent and hanging,
about 1.5 cm in diameter, to several m long. Internodes green mottled
with purple when young, with a band about 1 cm wide of white hairs
below the nodal line. Branching infravaginal. Culm leaves with the
blade small, erect. Treated with 70% EtOH.
25 June 1994
L. Clark, X. Londoño & O. Martinez 1249
Collected under the auspices of the Corporación Autónoma Regional del
Quindío (CRQ) and with the aid of a grant from the National Science Foundation
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