CHR 509383 – Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro var. nigra
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 509383
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
31 May 1996
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro var. nigra
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1996-01-16 (Verbatim: 16-JAN-1996)
Preferred name:
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro var. nigra
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Marahau, Otuwhero Inlet
Verbatim locality:
Marahau, Otuwhero Inlet
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 33/96
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16-JAN-1996
Start date:
1996-01-16
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Relic of cultivation, forest margin near cottage.
Notes:
Leptomorph bamboo forming a dense stand but with rhizomes spreading beyond main culms for c.3-4m. Habit open and diffuse. Culms to c.6m high and 2.5cm diameter,deep green or dark green in first year, later shining black; white supranodal ring. Culm sheaths mauvish-brown or greenish- mauve, with dark mottling, at least towards apex; sheath lamina ± purple; auricles and oral bristles present on large culm sheaths, reducing on smaller culms until both are absent on very small culms away from main stand. Lateral branchlets eventually black. leaves glaucous beneath, ± shining green above.
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