Guadua takahashiae

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; inclined at the tip; 1200–1500(–2000) cm long; (70–)90–140 mm diam.; woody; with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; (10–)17–34 cm long. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 56–76 cm long; 1 times as long as wide; coriaceous. Culm-sheath ligule 1–2 mm high; purple. Culm-sheath blade triangular; demarcated but persistent; erect; 9–10 cm long; 8–10 mm wide. Leaves 6–10 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole (0.2–)0.3–0.5 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; (8–)14–16(–18) cm long; (8–)10–15 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION South America: western South America.

NOTES Bambuseae. Londono 2014.

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