TABLE 1. A in A new species of Guadua (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Guaduinae) from Pará state in Amazonian Brazil

TABLE 1. A morphological comparison of the vegetative characters of Guadua leonardoana and the other species within Guadua weberbaueri group: G. chaparensis, G. incana, G. sarcocarpa, G. weberbaueri.
CharacterG. leonardoanaG. chaparensisG. incanaG. sarcocarpaG. weberbaueriCulmculm height (m)15–2018–2510–15(–18)10–20(–30)8–15(–20)internode length (cm)30–7022–7020–6525–9025–90diameter (cm)5–10(3.5–)7–127–9(–12)8–104–8(–12)wall thickness (mm)4.1–7.110–1510–151010–15supranodal ridgenot prominentprominentslightly prominentslightly prominentslightly prominentCulm leafsheath length (cm)21.5–42.829–57(22–)30–4413–40(–50)(11.5–)32.3–46.5sheath width (cm)28–38.535–5429–4413–20(–25)(13.3–)22–40.8inner ligule length (mm)0.7–10.5–10.5–12–31–3blade length (cm)9.1–12.5(3.5–)5–10(3.5–)5–103–9(–11)(2.9–)4.9–9.2blade width (cm)13–14.57–127–123–64.9–11.6blade / sheath length ratio1/2.3–1/3.41/4–1/51/4–1/51/4–1/51/4–1/6.6auriclesabsentabsentabsentabsentabsent / presentPseudopetiolelength (mm)1.1–1.62–42–4(4–)6–105–7abaxial indumentglabrousglabrousglabrousglabroussetose-piloseFoliage leaf bladelength (cm)5.9–23.4(5–)15–23(–25)(3.5–)11–13(–16)13–24(–34)13–29.8width (cm)0.6–1.4(0.6–)1.3–2(0.7–)1–2(–2.2)(1.5–)1.8–3.5(–4)2–8.5Geographic distributionBrazil (Pará)BoliviaColombiaBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela, and Brazil (Acre and Amazonas)Peru and Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia)