Chimonobambusa opienensis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; 400–700 cm long; 10–30 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes channelled, or quadrangular; hollow; smooth; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes flush with internodes; glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement two, or three; in a horizontal line; with subequal branches; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths deciduous; chartaceous; antrorsely scabrous; hispid; with yellow hairs; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule entire. Culm-sheath blade linear; erect; glabrous on surface. Leaves cauline; 1 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; truncate. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 8–12 cm long; 13–20 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 8–10 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Hsueh & Yi 2002.

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