Bambusa guangxiensis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally hispid; with tubercle-based hairs. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; chartaceous; hispid; with appressed hairs; glabrous on margins; truncate at apex; auriculate; setose on shoulders; shoulders with curved hairs. Culm-sheath ligule ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; constricted at base; deciduous; reflexed; glabrous on surface. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Bambuseae. McClure 2002.

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