Pleioblastus matsunoi

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms 200–300 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths glabrous; without auricles. Leaf-sheaths pilose. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; pale. Ligule an eciliate membrane, or a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 20–27 cm long; 15–25 mm wide; coriaceous. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: eastern Asia.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Index Jap. Bam. 2002.

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