Gigantochloa sp. (TH: Krabi: Ko Lanta Yai)

Distribution: THAILAND (South): Krabi Province.

Specimens: BS-0934-1 [C7] and BS-0934-2 [BBG] (living plants said to have been raised from seed), ต. เกาะลันตาใหญ่ Ko Lanta Yai, Ko Lanta District, Krabi Province, southern Thailand, received as "Gigantochloa andamanensis" from A. L., Ko Lanta, 5 Sep. 2018.

Comments:

(1) When the living plants at Bambusetum Baan Sammi were obtained, they were too small to tell anything about the characteristics of the species. In addition, it could not be said with certainty whether it was actually a Gigantochloa species. The plants have been passed on to Boonthammee Bamboo Garden and are no longer present at Bambusetum Baan Sammi.

(2) The botanical name "Gigantochloa andamanensis" has not been published validly. Whether the collector made a typographical error and meant Gigantochloa andamanica could not be clarified.

(3) See also the comments under Gigantochloa nigrociliata.