Chusquea baculifera Silveira

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Minas Gerais

  • County/Municipio

    Caparaó Mun.

  • Locality

    Parque Nacional do Caparaó, trail to Pico de Bandeira

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2110 m. (6923 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -20.45, -41.82

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

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HERBARIUM OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
BRAZIL
Chusquea baculifera da Silveira
Minas Gerais: Mun. Capara6, Parque Nacional do Capara6, trail
to Pico de Bandeira, 2110 m. 41°49'W, 20°27'S.
Campo de altitude, this species seen as high as 2370 m at the
encampment, growing mixed with C. pinifolia, both very common.
Culms to 1 cm diam., to 2-3 m tall, culms erect at base,
arching, branches ascending. One culm found in flower.
Branching intravaginal; all branches developing
simultaneously. Young internodes waxy. Treated with 70%
EtOH.
23 February 1990
L. Clark & M. Morel 702
Collected with the aid of a grant from the National Science
Foundation
00861900