Bambusa remotiflora

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; nodding at the tip; 1200 cm long; 72 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally glabrous, or pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Buds or branches present on lower quarter of culm. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; coriaceous; hispid; with appressed hairs; with black hairs; without auricles; ciliate on shoulders; shoulders with curved hairs. Culm-sheath ligule fimbriate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or oblong; 19 cm long; 28 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Chia & Fung 2002.

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