FIGURE 2. Chusquea matlazinca. A in Two new species of Chusquea (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) from Mexico, one of them morphologically unusual, and a key to the Mexican sections of Chusquea

FIGURE 2. Chusquea matlazinca. A. Clumping bamboo, showing culms with different ages, new shoots and persistent culm leaves. B. Internode showing hollow culm with thick walls. C. Branch complement, showing the extravaginal branching pattern, partial culm leaves (mainly sheaths) and pubescent girdle. D. Apical culm, showing foliage leaf complements. E. Culm leaf abaxial view showing hispid brown indument and purple sheaths and blades. F. Young plant growing in the spruce-pine humid glen. Photos by E. Ruiz- Sanchez.