Guadua paniculataMunro

WFO wfo-0000873529 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Guadua paniculata, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. a Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 194321271
Guadua paniculata, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. b Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33940970
Guadua paniculata, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. c Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29082621
Guadua paniculata, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. d Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3898566
Guadua paniculata, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. e Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 783565
Guadua paniculata, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. f Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 554753
Guadua paniculata, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. g Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2890249
Guadua paniculata, photographed by Lyrae
fig. h Lyrae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107729368

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
00862734
Filed as
Guadua paniculata Munro
Det. by
X. Londoño 1990-04-01
Collected
J. H. Kirkbride Jr. 1977-03-02
Origin
BR
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Guadua paniculata is native: Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáVenezuela
Native distribution of Guadua paniculata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arundarbor paniculata (Munro) Kuntze
  • Bambusa munroi Hack.
  • Bambusa paniculata (Munro) Hack.
  • Chusquea spinosa E.Fourn.
  • Chusquea spinosa E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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