Bambusa xiashanensis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; nodding at the tip; 1200–1300 cm long; 45–55 mm diam.; woody; with aerial roots from the nodes, or with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 35–44 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; hairy at the base; with appressed hairs; with tawny hairs; convex at apex; auriculate; with unequal auricles; with 15 mm wide auricles; setose on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 7 mm high; dentate, or ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade ovate, or triangular; erect. Leaves cauline. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10–20 cm long; 15–20 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; densely hairy; hairy abaxially. 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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