CHR 516548 A – Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516548 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 June 1998
Database record updated:
08 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Bambusa glaucescens (Willd.) Munro
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-03 (Verbatim: 3 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Ureia, near Araura
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Ureia, near Araura
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4801/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Abandoned plantation area, beneath high canopy of Cocos, Mangifera, etc.
Notes:
Clump-forming pachymorph bamboo; culms 4-5 m high, dark green, glaucous when young, at least below nodes. Culm sheaths concolorous, pale brown or greenish-brown; auricles low, blackish, ciliate (not with long bristles). Branches 3 or 4 primary ones from a node, one much larger, with a number of small secondary ones developing. Leaves ± distichous, glaucous beneath, sheaths with apical oral bristles. Presumably a cultivation relic.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheet A, B (Wood)
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
