Chusquea, Croat 96527--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tandayapa-Nono Rd. 27 Mar 06. 067.jpg
Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Lesser Sunda Is., Sulawesi (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
To 6 m high, sprawling over banks, branches pendent; inflorescence with spikes purplish.
Location
Paraguay, Guaira
-25.738056, -56.177778
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Ybyturuzu, road to Granja Francisca; overgrown wet field just beginning to dry. 170 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Large bamboo, colonial, trunks senescing and starting to fall, spikelets green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Chusquea
Authorship
Kunth
