Bambusa ventricosa--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 001.jpg
Bambusa ventricosa--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 002.jpg
Bambusa ventricosa--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 003.jpg
Native to China Southeast, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Vietnam; introduced into Bangladesh, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Lesser Sunda Is., Mexico Southeast, Nansei-shoto, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Coto Brus (Coto Brus Canton, Las Cruces Biological Station)
8.785278, -82.958889
Location Remarks
Las Cruces Biological Station. From San Jos‚, take the Pan-American highway south to San Isidro. Continue on the Pan-American to the turn off for San Vito (1.5-2 hours) at a small intersection called Paso Real (kilometer marker 221). From San Vito, the station is an additional 6 km south along the road to the town of Agua Buena.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Bambusa
Specific Epithet
tuldoides
Authorship
Munro
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#329,342 of 335,497
Top 99%
Extinction probability
9%
