CHR 515503 D – Bambusa Schreb.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515503 D
Specimen type:
Bag
Database record added:
29 January 2016
Database record updated:
29 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Bambusa sp.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2008-01-31 (Verbatim: 31 Jan 2008)
Preferred name:
Bambusa Schreb.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Dendrocalamus ?
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Dendrocalamus Nees
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Tautu
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Tautu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4699/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
28 Apr 1995
Start date:
1995-04-28
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivation relic on raised path in taro swamp.
Notes:
Large pachymorph bamboo with culms to 12 or 13 m high, erect, to c. 7 cm diameter; walls just over 1 cm thick. Culm sheaths striped purple, including the narrowly triangular blade to c. 23 cm long. Auricles low, rounded and wide; sheath with appressed brown hairs when young. Branches 3 from each node, later bearing small subsidiary ones from near their bases; central one much the largest (often a metre or more long). Leaves deep green above, lighter beneath; ligule with weak hairs or short bristles. Relic of cultivation.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C, D (Wood)
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
