Thamnocalamus chigar

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; drooping at the tip; 300–400 cm long; 10–15 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 10–15 cm long; distally pruinose. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths 2.7 cm long; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule ciliate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect; 3 cm long; 5 mm wide; pubescent. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 5 mm long; lacerate. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades linear; 8–11 cm long; 6 mm wide; chartaceous; glaucous. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Stapleton 2002.

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