Book ID: 36372
SYSTEMATIC BOTANY MONOGRAPHS
Volume 27: Clark, Lynn G.: Systematics of Chusquea Section Swallonochloa; Section Verticillatae, Section Seropen- tes, Section Longifoliae (Poaceae-Bambusoideae). 1989. 48 figs. 127 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
A classification of the Neotropical bamboo genus Chusquea into five sections is proposed and detailed descriptions of 32 of the ca. 120species are presented. Morphological evidence supporting this classification is presented, and additional comments on chromosome numbers, phenology, habitats, and distributions are included. Two keysto species are provided, one based solely on vegetative characters and the other on vegetative and flowering characters. One new species, C.glauca, is described. The distribution of each species is mapped, and most species are illustrated.