Guadua lynnclarkiae

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; inclined at the tip; (1800–)2000–2700 cm long; (60–)90–170 mm diam.; woody; with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; (15–)30–49 cm long. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 57–77 cm long; 1 times as long as wide; coriaceous; setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 2–3 mm high; purple. Culm-sheath blade triangular; demarcated but persistent; erect; 11–14 cm long; 13–15 mm wide. Leaves 10–12 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Leaf-sheath auricles absent, or falcate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.5–0.8 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; (15–)18–23 cm long; (16–)20–42 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation prominent.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION South America: western South America.

NOTES Bambuseae. Londono 2014.

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