Chusquea

BAMBOOS OF COLOMBIA
Chusquea sp.
Quindío: Mun. Salento, Reserva Natural del Alto Quindío, Estación
Biológica Estrella de Agua, Sendero Laurel Tuno, 50 m beyond Est. 10 -
Trompeto, right bank of the stream below the headwaters of the Rio
Quindío, 3180 m. 4°37-40' N, 75°25-30' W.
In secondary upper montane forest above the Río Quindío. Bamboo
common in places; this clump with many culms in flower, some at
anthesis, mostly past. Culms erect to leaning at the base, scandent and
hanging above, 2-3 cm in diameter, 8-10 m long. Intemodes scabrid
above the culm leaves, pubescent-hispid or glabrous below the nodal
line, often with a deeper green band below the node, shallowly sulcate
above the bud/branch complement, 24-27 cm long. Culm leaves with
the sheath fused at the base for about 2 cm; girdle present, at base with
a ring of cilia all around the node. Branching extravaginal. Central bud
triangular, subtended by at least 2-3 rows of smaller subsidiary buds in a
constellate arrangement; nodal line dipping only slightly; supranodal
ridge well developed, internode often wider here than at the nodal line;
root primordia developed in the nodal area at nodes in the first 2 m or so
of the culm. Foliage leaves with the midvein of the blade excentric.
Inflorescences narrow, branches appressed. Treated with 70% EtOH.
21 June 1994
L. Clark, X. Londoño & O. Martinez 1236
Collected under the auspices of the Corporación Autónoma Regional del
Quindío (CRQ) and with the aid of a grant from the National Science Foundation
02595270