Bambusa latideltata

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 400–800 cm long; 20–50 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots, or with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 25–30 cm long; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Buds or branches present on lower quarter of culm. Branch complement several; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; hispid; with tawny hairs; hairy on margins; convex at apex; auriculate; with subequal auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with curved hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 2 mm high; dentate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect. Leaves cauline; 4–6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Leaf-sheath auricles erect. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 4–18 cm long; 7–16 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 10–14 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Lin 2002.

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