Bambusa balcooa* Roxb. Fl.Ind.2:196(1832.
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily
Bambusoideae. Tribe Bambuseae.
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: LT: Roxb. Icones 1402, (K). LT designated by
Stapleton, Edinb. J. Bot. 51: 12 (1994).
Recent synonyms:
B. arundinacea auct.
Habit.
Perennial. Rhizomes present, short. Basal leaf sheaths absent. Culms erect,
1600–2000 cm tall, 75–150 mm diam., woody. Mid-culm internodes hollow,
thick-walled. Mid-culm nodes pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Leaves
cauline. Leaf-sheaths hairy. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades
lanceolate or oblong, 15–30 cm long, 25–50 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface
indumented.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence compound, a panicle.
Spikelets.
Fertile spikelets 1 or more flowered, with 1 fertile floret (4–6), comprising
4–6 fertile floret(s), with diminished florets at the apex, lanceolate,
laterally compressed, 7–15 mm long.
Glumes. Glumes
0–2 empty glumes.
Florets.
Fertile lemma 6–7 mm long, without keel. Lodicules present. Anthers 6.
Continental
Distribution: Africa, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and Pacific.
Australian
Distribution: Queensland, New South Wales.
Queensland:
Moreton.
